bedesman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Jenkins awoke, with others, and got up—not Jenkins the old bedesman, but his son Joseph, who had the grey mare for his wife.
From The Channings by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
"Jenkins," he called out to the old bedesman, who had been blowing for him, "you may go to your dinner; I shan't want you any more now."
From The Channings by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
The ancient bedesman was hurt, and possibly, had he been a younger man, he would have hurt this scoffer in return.
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.
But bide ye, ye shall hear what cam o't, and how far I am bund to be bedesman to the Ravenswoods.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir
They take field after field, house after house; turn the farmer into the beggar, and the beggar into their bedesman.
From The King's Achievement by Benson, Robert Hugh
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