badge-cove English

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What does badge-cove mean?

badge-cove noun

— (archaic, thieves' cant) A parish pensioner. [18th-19th century]

— (obsolete) A licensed (badged) beggar. [16th-18th century]

— old person

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Ghana has never had a civil war - a badge of honor in conflict-prone sub-Saharan Africa - and three years ago staged a peaceful transfer of power from one elected government to another.

He is no Bush, and conservative Republicans' hatred of him is his badge of honor.

The deal is also, in the eyes of Israelis, a badge of honor for their res publica - their Periclean democracy's claim to the moral high ground in an autocratic neighborhood.

One is seen not just in acts of religious extremism, but also in the desire of religious people to wear their faith as a badge of identity in opposition to those who are different.

Multiculturalism in Britain has entrenched almost self-contained Muslim communities and turned Islam into a badge of identity to counteract exclusion.