beggartick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of beggar's ticks

Word forms

beggartick beggarticks

Etymology

From beggar + tick, so named as the seeds adhere to clothing and resemble ticks on the clothes of beggars.

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