beggar-my-neighbor

[beg-er-mahy-ney-ber]

beg·gar-my-neigh·bor

[beg-er-mahy-ney-ber]

Origin:
1725–35
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Beggar-my-neighbor has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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beggar-my-neighbor

noun
a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards 
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