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Thig

Definitions

1
To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged.
2
To beg, borrow; cadge.
3
To profit by or live on the gifts of others.

Word Origin

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accep...

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Thig

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verbthigs · thigging · thigged

1
To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged.
2
To beg, borrow; cadge.
3
To profit by or live on the gifts of others.

Word Origin

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accep...

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