[f. BEGGAR sb. + -HOOD.] The condition of a beggar; concr. people in this condition.
1843. Thackeray, Irish Sk. Bk., Wks. 1879, XVIII. 50. Benedictions delivered gratis from the beggarhood of the city.
1883. Sunday Mag., Aug., 487/2. A happy combination of the gentility and beggarhood of Seville.
