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chooser

See: BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS.

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beggars can't be choosers

[beggars can't be choosers] People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Craig Rice

(1908-1957) U.S. mystery writer Burglars can't be choosers. www.english-slang.com

Kozma Prutkov

The lowliest of beggars is capable of being the foremost rich man, under different circumstances. www.english-slang.com

Thomas Fuller, Gnomologra, 1732

He that hath no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning. www.english-slang.com

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