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‘Maggot beggars’ are hoggish people seeking to improve their social standing and fortune, just as maggots try to benefit themselves at the expense of others.

— Sayo Kitamura Ogamisama Says (1963)

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‘Traitor beggars’ means those who do not care how their country has been ruined and who look out only for themselves. | pp. 32-3

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