begging bowl

noun

1. a bowl carried by a beggar, esp a Franciscan or other friar or a Buddhist monk, to receive food or alms

Example Sentences

The deputy first minister also insisted that the delegation was "not going to the government with a begging bowl".

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He urged ministers to start allocating money based on need rather than the "begging bowl culture of competitive bidding".

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Mr Theuri, the LSK president, told the BBC the outcome of the meeting appeared as if the judiciary had gone to the executive with a "begging bowl… Ultimately it goes towards undermining judiciary's independence and autonomy."

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Andy Street, the Conservative mayor of the West Midlands, has criticised the funding process, calling it a "broken begging bowl culture".

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In January, Conservative West Midlands mayor Andy Street condemned the process and called for an end to Whitehall's "broken begging bowl culture".

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