bedlamite

Example Sentences

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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

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

It was a tangle of bedlamite ravings, with long screeds from the Scriptures intermixed like currants in a bag-pudding.

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John

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

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 Alcott, Louisa May