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おうみどろぼういせこじき
Archaic
Meanings
Archaic
Expression
Derogatory
Proverb
1. merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites);
(lit.)
robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise
Alt. forms
近
おう
江
み
泥
どろ
棒
ぼう
伊
い
勢
せ
乞
こ
食
じき
おうみどろぼういせこじき
Composed of
おうみ
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
どろぼう
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
いせこじき
beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine;
(arch.)
successful but stingy merchants from Ise