begging letter

English

Noun

begging letter (plural begging letters)

A letter in which the writer asks for money.
- Charles Dickens, The Begging-Letter Writer
  I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters.

Translations

letter asking for money

Norwegian:
Bokmål: tiggerbrev n

Nynorsk: tiggarbrev n

References

“begging letter” (US) / “begging letter” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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