alms-folk
See also:
almsfolk
English
Etymology
From
alms
+
folk
.
Noun
alms
-
folk
pl
(
plural only
)
Persons supported by
alms
.
References
William Dwight Whitney
,
Benjamin E[li] Smith
, editors (
1911
), “
alms-folk
”, in
The Century Dictionary
[
…
]
, New York, N.Y.:
The Century Co.
,
→OCLC
.