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beggar-ticks

noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction
beg·​gar-ticks | \ ˈbe-gÉ™r-ËŒtiks How to pronounce beggar-ticks (audio) \
variants: or less commonly beggar's-ticks \ ˈbe-​gÉ™rz-​ËŒtiks How to pronounce beggar's-ticks (audio) \

Definition of beggar-ticks

1 : bur marigold also : its prickly achenes
2 : beggar's-lice

First Known Use of beggar-ticks

circa 1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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