# Beggars’s little bell

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## Definition

According to the identification of older documents, widespread bad habit of beggars to pretend to be mutes. They approached their victims by shaking them with a small bell (a resonating metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when shaking). From there in a figurative sense sometimes said today of soliciting donations (fundraising activities) especially on the part of political parties. - See distance money, begging money, barrel organ money, nuisance value, music money, sparing money. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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