Definition of charity case

charity case

• a person for whom one performs an action purely to be a nice person.

  I'm going to his formal dance, but he's just a charity case.

  Last edited on Sep 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'case':
basket case	Definitions include: an inconsolable person.
camel case	Definitions include: to begin a word with a capital letter and have one or more capital letters within the word, e.g. MicroSoft.
case	Definitions include: one's business.
case of the butt trumpets	Definitions include: farting loudly.
case of the Mondays	Definitions include: general malaise felt on the first day back to work after the weekend.
case of the red *ss	Definitions include: angry, pissed off
case of the stupids	Definitions include: stupidity.
case quarter	Definitions include: a twenty-five cent coin.
crack the case	Definitions include: to solve a problem.
have a case of mud butt	Definitions include: to have an uncontrollable and messy case of diarrhea.
have a case of the *ss	Definitions include: angry or upset
headcase	Definitions include: a crazy person.
head case	Definitions include: a crazy person.
on (one's) case	Definitions include: to criticize or pester.
pillow case	Definitions include: used to describe someone who's being undesirable in some way, be it sketchy (see definition) or just plain dumb.
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Other terms relating to 'charity':
charityware	Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity.

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