blellum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blellum
First recorded in 1780–90; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Och. but when he attempts to hae a crack wi' her, she snashes him back an' ca's him nae mair than a bluntie blellum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now ev’ry sour-mou’d girnin’ blellum, And Calvin’s fock are fit to fell him; And self-conceited critic skellum His quill may draw; He wha could brawlie ward their bellum, Willie’s awa!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Now ev'ry sour-mou'd girnin blellum, And Calvin's folk, are fit to fell him; Ilk self-conceited critic skellum His quill may draw; He wha could brawlie ward their bellum— Willie's awa!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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