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Definition of Beldames
1. beldame [n] - See also: beldame
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beldames
Literary usage of Beldames
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1762)
"... fix'd by the tongue and the pen ; Moft devoutly I wilh that they both have
their due. And that / may be «ever ir.ill.aken for U. ' ' . ч Tie beldames. ..."
2. The Mystic and Other Poems by Philip James Bailey (1855)
"Seductive beldames and adulterous ghouls, Vices that flesh devour, defile the
dead, The sun-fowl, spirit of life-consuming time, ..."
3. Italy, Spain, and Portugal: With an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça by William Beckford (1845)
"... or tumbled into sandy ditches, among rotten shoes, dead cats, and negro
beldames, who retire into such dens and burrows for the purpose of telling ..."
4. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"Negro beldames—Quinta of Marvilla.—Moonlight view of Lisbon.—Illuminated windows
of the Palace.—The old Marquis of Penalva.—Padre Duarte, a famous Jesuit. ..."
5. The Age Reviewed: A Satire: in Two Parts by Robert Montgomery (1827)
"... And lustful jilts besiege him in Carlisle,1 — For him will widows prowl, and
virgins freak, And itching beldames patch their yellowed cheek ! ..."
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