charity : Idioms & Phrases

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charity case

  • noun a case for a welfare worker
    welfare case.
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charity shot

  • noun an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul
    penalty free throw; foul shot; charity shot; free throw; charity throw.
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charity throw

  • noun an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul
    penalty free throw; foul shot; charity shot; free throw; charity throw.
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charity toss

  • noun an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul
    penalty free throw; foul shot; charity shot; free throw; charity throw.
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public charity

  • noun a charity that is deemed to receive the major part of its support from the public (rather than from a small group of individuals)
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self-charity

Self`-char"i*ty noun
Definitions
  1. Self-love. Obs. Shak.
Webster 1913

Sister of charity, Sister of mercy

  • . (R. C. Ch.) See under Charity, and Mercy.
Webster 1913

Sisters of Charity

  • (R. C. Ch.), a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick; a popular designation. There are various orders of the Sisters of Charity.
Webster 1913