Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Polari)An old person; a senior citizen.

  2. (archaic)A parish pensioner.

  3. (obsolete)A licensed (badged) beggar.

Forms

plural: badge-coves
Singularbadge-cove
Pluralbadge-coves

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
old person:geriatric
oldstersenior citizen

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
badassbadgeB2badgerbadlyA2
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