begging bowl
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Soon the baby is being set out in the sun beside a begging bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
He urged ministers to start allocating money based on need rather than the "begging bowl culture of competitive bidding".
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024
“We haven’t got a begging bowl out to the government, we just want help sometimes, sometimes its influence.. sometimes it’s a little bit of funding that gives us a bit of leverage,” he said.
From Reuters • Nov. 29, 2021
Nkengasong urges African countries not to wait for help and rejects the image of the continent holding a begging bowl.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2020
Pynto was soon too busy to pay her any mind, but several of his regulars dropped coins into her begging bowl.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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