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
No, nor rents brought in by long staff-speeches, that ask alms with frowns, till thy looks and speech have laid violent hands upon men's charity.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
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
One who makes it his business to ask alms.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
A wretched, cracked earthen cup, or an old wooden shoe, hanging by a string to his belt, he uses to ask alms in the shape of wine.
From The Devil's Pool by George Burnham Ives
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