cap in hand
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Morgan told Sunday's BBC Politics Wales "underpinning the economic future of Wales, that's what I'm interested in because I don't want to continue to go cap in hand" to Westminster.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025
Two men with handfuls of tulips attended, along with a man with cap in hand.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
Kim did not flag any fundamental change in direction, however, nor suggest in the Tuesday remarks that he would approach the West, cap in hand, for sanctions relief.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2021
Imagine a world of well-funded public media in which PBS affiliates didn’t have to go, logo cap in hand, to beg for money every quarter.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
I called, and Buddy Willard, khaki cap in hand, stepped into the room.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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