LekhoriLekhoriThe act of one who begs.
The Brahmans were very annoying in their beggings for money […]
Money or goods acquired by begging.
Then a thin old hag […] moaned out, "Twopence for two ounces!" and had to go out of the shop unmeated, since her earnings — or her beggings — had not brought her enough to have that small price to spare.
present participle and gerund of beg
From Middle English begging, beggyng, beggynge, equivalent to beg + -ing (gerund ending).
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