bedlamite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedlamite
Example Sentences
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Up the steep, narrow lane we ran with that bedlamite crowd at our heels.
From Greenmantle by John Buchan
He was furious moreover at having been tricked, and meditated bedlamite plans of vengeance.
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
The bedlamite replied, "The world said I was mad; I said the world was mad, and they outwitted me."
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon
I see now where the present bedlamite style of coiffure comes from.
From Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag by Louisa May Alcott
The devil take the bedlamite old woman," said the counsellor; "will she not let things take their course, prout de lege, but must always be putting in her oar in her own way?—Then,
From Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
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