couple-beggar

Meaning

Noun

  • One who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).

Origin

  • Originally a verb-noun compound, "one who couples beggars"; later extended to cases where the spouses were not destitute.

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