bedlamite

Example Sentences

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Up the steep, narrow lane we ran with that bedlamite crowd at our heels.

From Greenmantle by Buchan, John

After all, I reflected, the worst bedlamite must have food and shelter, and, unless the gleam had been a will-o'-the-wisp, I foresaw a fire.

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John

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

The simple countryman had heard of the bedlamite from Hamilton jail.

From International Short Stories American by Various

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