Usually means: Container used for collecting alms.
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  1. begging bowl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. begging bowl: Collins English Dictionary
  3. begging-bowl: Wordnik
  4. begging bowl: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. begging bowl: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  6. begging bowl: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (begging bowl)

▸ noun:  A bowl held by a beggar seeking money and food.
▸ noun:  (figurative) Used in reference to a plea for help.

Similar:
bowl, basin, teabowl, spoon bowl, punchbowl, gowpen, nappie, porringer, bakkie, puki, more...

Opposite:
prosperity, abundance, plenty, wealth

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Similar:
bowl, basin, teabowl, spoon bowl, punchbowl, gowpen, nappie, porringer, bakkie, puki, more...

Opposite:
prosperity, abundance, plenty, wealth



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