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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of bedelen + staf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeː.dəlˌstɑf/
- Hyphenation: be‧del‧staf
Noun
bedelstaf m (plural bedelstaven)
- (dated) A beggar's cane.
1940, Leonhard Huizinga, Olivier en Adriaan, published 1971, page 58:Ik volgde zijn voorbeeld en zwijgend wandelden wij geruime tijd voort, zwaar steunend op onze bedelstaven.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figurative) destitution, deep poverty.
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