cold-bite v.
(Aus./N.Z.) to ask a stranger for money.
Aus. Lang. | ||
‘Keep Moving’ 126: I resorted to cold-biting around the wealthier houses. | ||
(con. 1930s) Leveller 21: The ‘drunken bums and alkies’ were dirty [...] and hung around pubs, ‘cold biting’ — begging money. |