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Meanings of old beldame in anglès

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Usage of old beldame in anglès
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Put herself into the power of this greedy and unscrupulous old beldame?
The Rome Express
2
The maniac proved to be a son of the old beldame.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
3
But no single syllable would the old beldame now utter against her ancient mistress.
Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of t...
4
Phillipa, how do you stand with this old beldame?
The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
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Yet "Dodd" worked the genius of this respectable old beldame to the very verge of bankruptcy.
The Evolution of "Dodd" / A pedagogical story giving his struggl...
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Upon that, the noise and the commotion brought out the mistress of the house-anold beldame of mean appearance.
Poor Folk
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Taric listened to the old beldame with grave attention; and, when she had concluded, he laid bare his shoulder, and lo!
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 / Vo...
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Sometimes he would give a deep groan, and then the old beldame would turn angrily and threaten to strike him with her wooden spoon.
Caught in the Net
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The old beldame gave our men a hard job, for she tried to make off to the forest, and called aloud: "Hind-Hind!"
Margery (Gred): A Tale Of Old Nuremberg — Volume 02
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"Had not that old beldame resisted us we should have caught them."
Princess Maritza
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"A sour old beldame with a face of curds welcomed us, thank you," he said.
The Haunting of Hill House
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"There, you lying old beldame!"
Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers / Artemus Ward, George Macdo...
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