- gaberlunzie
- A wandering beggar or a harmless hobo
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gaberlunzie
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Gaberlunzie — IPA| [gabər lun(j)i] is a medieval Scots word for a licensed beggar. The name may derive from the wallet that such people carry, but there is no other known derivation. The word appears in several of Sir Walter Scott s books. It can be spelled… … Wikipedia
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gaberlunzie — [gab΄ər lun′zē, gab΄ərlo͞on′yē] n. [Scot; printing form of gaberlunyie (with printed z for y as in pers. name Menzies) < ?] a wandering beggar … English World dictionary
GABERLUNZIE — a licensed beggar, or any of the mendicant class, so called from the wallet he carried … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
gaberlunzie — gab·er·lun·zie … English syllables
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