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begging letter
noun
- a letter asking for money sent esp by a stranger to someone known to be rich
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When Heyhoe Flint was searching for sponsorship for an unofficial tour of Jamaica, she sent a "begging letter" to Wolverhampton-born millionaire Charles Hayward.
From BBC
While Christian Jones responded by urging the restaurant to "bar the scruffs" for the "begging letter to a small business so millionaires can have a free dinner".
From BBC
Each time she arrived in a new city, she would have to write a “begging letter” to the nearest observatory asking for work.
From Washington Post
“It was all sort of gradual. It went from one begging letter a month to 400.”
From Los Angeles Times
In the past, this might have been a begging letter from an ex returned to them unopened.
From The Guardian
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