begging letter
Britishnoun
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When Heyhoe Flint was searching for sponsorship for an unofficial tour of Jamaica, she sent a "begging letter" to Wolverhampton-born millionaire Charles Hayward.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2023
“It was all sort of gradual. It went from one begging letter a month to 400.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2017
As Scott Sandage writes in Born Losers, the Gilded Age birthed a new genre of writing: the begging letter.
From Slate • Sep. 29, 2014
"Experience The FA Cup with Budweiser at Wembley," the begging letter began.
From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2013
The following is quoted as Francis Jeffrey's wicked reply to a begging letter: Sir—I have received your letter of 6th inst., soliciting a contribution in behalf of the funds of ——.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
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