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
“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
"We need the money we get but we also need to aspire to grow our own economy and not continually sit with the begging bowl out for the Treasury."
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2015
Puli was standing some distance away; from somewhere he had produced a begging bowl which he held in the crook of his elbow, while he displayed his mutilated hands to the passers-by.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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