ask alms
Example Sentences
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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
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 Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
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 Webster, Noah
In 1812 Sevak Rām Seth, a banker of Holkar’s court, offended one of these Bhāts, pushing him rudely out of the shop where the man had come to ask alms.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
Juan became so poor at last that he was forced to ask alms from his brother, or what was only the same thing, a loan.
From Philippine Folk-Tales by Millington, W. H.
