Word: beggarly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Britain's trouble. U.S. press comment ranged from the thoughtful view that Britain's Socialist regime had merely aggravated a British economic weakness of long standing, to sharp criticism and invective ("The old British' backbone is turning to putty...Here is that beggar again...
...sets and costumes for four ballets and an opera, consistently delighted his tight, bright circle of admirers with such fantasies as Procession (see cut), in which evil red eyes peep from a paraded kettle. "See?" Burra says, "It's going to boil over and swamp them all. The beggar is getting out of the way-he hasn't a chance...
...while driving in Cheng Hsien Street, my car almost ran over a beggar who lay writhing and twitching in the roadway. I started to get out to help him, but my interpreter warned that in the eyes of the local police I would automatically become responsible for him, would probably have to pay for his funeral. The beggar, the interpreter explained, was dying of starvation. We drove on. On the way back we saw the beggar's body, quite still, with head and shoulders grotesquely protruding into the street while pedestrians and rickshas eddied around...
...winning jockey was Irishman Leo McMorrow, a pro from Mount Shannon, County Sligo. Said he: "It's a once in a lifetime. Lord Mildmay? Poor beggar, he's a heart of fire, but he'll never make...
July 20. The young beggar is getting quite outrageous . . . roaring and heaving like a bull...