beldam

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Another shopper, Alexis Beldam from Stevenage, says she "would rather do it in one big hit so I don't have to worry about it anymore".

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2016

CHEAT—BELCHER Beldam implies "hag" as early as Shakespeare, but he also uses it in its proper sense of "grandmother," e.g.,

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

To which, after some Perswasion to the contrary, the venerable Beldam waited on her.

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague

For a full account of this interesting antiquity the reader is referred to the book by the late Mr. Joseph Beldam, a shilling edition of which is now published with numerous illustrations.

From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Kingston, Alfred

Chromatic Catches troll from yonder Hill Where Bill to Beak the Wren and Whip-poor-Will In deed and truth beshrew the Beldam Life Who kisses first and then presents the Bill.

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. by Irwin, Wallace