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gaberlunzie

PRONUNCIATION:

(gab-uhr-LUHN-zee)

MEANING:

noun: A wandering beggar, especially one who is licensed.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Scots, further origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1508.

USAGE:

“Father said dubiously: ‘I thought captains of ships dressed a lot better than that fellow; he looks more like a gaberlunzie to me.’”
Lillian Beckwith; About My Father’s Business; Sheridan; 1973.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

I'm sometimes asked "Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals when there is so much cruelty to men?" I answer: "I am working at the roots." -George T. Angell, reformer (5 Jun 1823-1909)

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