bedlamite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedlamite
Example Sentences
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The simple countryman had heard of the bedlamite from Hamilton jail.
From International Short Stories American by Various
Mollie paced up and down like a bedlamite, sobbing and scolding to herself, and quite broken down with one day's imprisonment.
From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes
Left to herself, Saxon worked with frantic haste, assuming the calm she did not possess, but which she must impart to the screaming bedlamite upon the floor.
From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack
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 Scott, Walter, Sir
In another instant, I heard that of Susannah—the meek Susannah,—she too was among the curious to examine the features of the bedlamite, Archy Dargan.
From International Short Stories American by Various
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