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Beggar
(n.) One who begs
Beggar
(n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.
Beggar
(n.) One who is dependent upon others for support
Beggar
(n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
Beggar
(v. t.) To reduce to beggary
Beggar
(v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
Beggar's lice
() The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
Beggar's ticks
() The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.
Couple-beggar
(n.) One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
Dare-devil
(n.) A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively
Devil
(n.) The Evil One
Devil
(n.) An evil spirit
Devil
(n.) A very wicked person
Devil
(n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.
Devil
(n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered
Devil
(n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
Devil
(v. t.) To make like a devil
Devil
(v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper
Devil-diver
(n.) Alt. of Devil bird
Devil bird
(n.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.
Devil's darning-needle
() A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.
Lucky
(superl.) Favored by luck
Lucky
(superl.) Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly
Lucky proach
() See Fatherlasher.
Sea devil
() Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox.
Sea devil
() Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish.
Sea devil
() The angler.
Water devil
() The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.

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lucky dip a selection or decision purely at random, their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip
beggar-my-neighbor
beggar-my-neighbour
strip-Jack-naked
a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
lucky dip a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
apache devil dance a ritual dance of the Apache
the devil something difficult or awkward to do or deal with, it will be the devil to solve
diabolatry
demonolatry
devil-worship
the acts or rites of worshiping devils
devil ray
Mobula hypostoma
small manta (to feet) that travels in schools
mountain devil
spiny lizard Moloch horridus
desert lizard that feeds on ants
Tasmanian devil
ursine dasyure
Sarcophilus hariisi
small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail
dragonfly
darning needle
devil's darning needle
sewing needle
snake feeder
snake doctor
mosquito hawk
skeeter hawk
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
amobarbital sodium
blue
blue angel
blue devil
Amytal
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate, used as a sedative and a hypnotic
houndstooth check
hound's-tooth check
dogstooth check
dogs-tooth check
dog's-tooth check
textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks
secobarbital sodium
secobarbital
Seconal
red devil
barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
beggar-my-neighbor policy
beggar-my-neighbour policy
beggar-my-neighbor strategy
beggar-my-neighbour strategy
a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others, used especially of national policy, the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
devil
deuce
dickens
a word used in exclamations of confusion, what the devil, the deuce with it, the dickens you say
devil's food
devil's food cake
very dark chocolate cake
devil
fiend demon
daemon
daimon
an evil supernatural being
Satan
Old Nick
Devil Lucifer
Beelzebub
the Tempter
Prince of Darkness
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God, tempter of mankind, master of Hell
beggar
mendicant
a pauper who lives by begging
devil's advocate someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
devil worshiper someone who worships devils
hellion
heller
devil
a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man), he chased the young hellions out of his yard
Marine
devil dog
leatherneck
shipboard soldier
a member of the United States Marine Corps
monster
fiend
devil demon ogre
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
poor devil
wretch
someone you feel sorry for
printer's devil an apprentice in a printing establishment
she-devil a cruel woman
Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Lucky Lindy
United States aviator who in made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (-)
dust devil a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air
virgin's bower
old man's beard devil's darning needle
Clematis virginiana
common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
dita
dita bark
devil tree
Alstonia scholaris
evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes, bark formerly used medicinally
devil's tongue
snake palm
umbrella arum
Amorphophallus rivieri
foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
American angelica tree
devil's walking stick
Hercules'lub Aralia spinosa
small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
prickly poppy argemone
white thistle devil's fig
any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods, chiefly of tropical America
bur marigold
burr marigold
beggar-ticks beggar's-ticks
sticktight
any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
Spanish needles beggar-ticks the seed of bur marigolds
European beggar-ticks
trifid beggar-ticks
trifid bur marigold
Bidens tripartita
bur marigold of temperate Eurasia
swampy beggar-ticks
Bidens connata
bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows
king devil
yellow hawkweed
Hieracium praealtum
European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States, locally troublesome weeds
Bermuda grass
devil grass
Bahama grass
kweek
doob
scutch grass
star grass Cynodon dactylon
trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions, used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
white bryony
devil's turnip
Bryonia alba
white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries, Europe to Iran
honeyflower honey-flower mountain devil
Lambertia formosa
erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
tiger lily devil lily
kentan
Lilium lancifolium
east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
tick trefoil
beggar lice beggar's lice
any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
caltrop
devil's weed
Tribulus terestris
tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets, serious pasture weed
blueweed
blue devil
blue thistle
viper's bugloss
Echium vulgare
a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers, naturalized in United States
beggar's lice
beggar lice
Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
common unicorn plant
devil's claw
common devil's claw
elephant-tusk
proboscis flower
ram's horn
Proboscidea louisianica
annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
sand devil's claw
Proboscidea arenaria
Martynia arenaria
alternatively placed in genus Martynia
toadflax
butter-and-eggs
wild snapdragon
devil's flax
Linaria vulgaris
common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers, a naturalized weed in North America
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