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41Little John a Begging — is Child ballad 142 and about Robin Hood. It exists in two variants, one fragmentary.ynopsisIn one variant, Robin Hood sends Little John out, disguised as a beggar. In the fragmentary one, Little John apparently exchanges clothing with a beggar,… …
42be going begging — british spoken phrase if something is going begging, anyone can have it because no one else wants it I’ll have that last biscuit if it’s going begging. Thesaurus: available and to be, or to become availablesynonym Main entry: beg …
43(be) going begging — be going ˈbegging idiom (BrE, informal) if sth is going begging, it is available because nobody else wants it • I ll have that last cake if it s going begging. Main entry: ↑begidiom …
44go\ begging — v. phr. To be not needed or wanted. Many old homes in the city go begging. Most of the apples on the market went begging …
45be going begging — if something is going begging, it is available to be taken because no one else wants it. There s a big box of apples going begging …
46be going begging — British spoken if something is going begging, anyone can have it because no one else wants it I ll have that last biscuit if it s going begging …
47To go a-begging — Go Go, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf …
48question, begging the — See begging the question …
49go begging — to be available. Good jobs still go begging in the health care and teaching fields …
50go begging — ► go begging be available because unwanted by others. Main Entry: ↑beg …
