ask alms
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A bat-eared young man with the mournful features of a card player who has aces wired, Murray could not ask alms as a disabled vet, since he had not been in service.
From Time Magazine Archive
A moment later Sita sees an old hermit draw near to ask alms.
From The Book of the Epic by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
This girl went out at noon, as was her custom, to stand by the gate and ask alms.
From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Ellsworth Douglass
She took away poor Bessie Steel’s, when she came to ask alms, and only restored it again when she was afraid of getting into trouble for the fault.
From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
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