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come upon the parish

phrase

Definitions

  1. To have one's living supported by charity from a parish.

    • 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1, 1809, Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, page 187, They generally, therefore, choose to come upon the parish.

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