10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEDPRESSER»
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bedpresser in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bedpresser and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
“That service does not put food on the table, you bedpresser! And you are not so
skilled a pleasuremonger as you now claim.” I had insulted his manhood, and he
now began to give me a mouthful of his own wind. “Termagent! Scold of a ...
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A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete ...
Craved; demanded. Rob. Glouc. p. 143. BEDONE. Wrought ; made up. Percy.
BEDOTE. To make to dote; to deceive. Chaucer. BEDOUTE. Redoubted. Above
all men he was there moste bedoute. Hardim/ft Chronicle, (. ISO. BEDPRESSER.
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1868
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On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the ...
... l bedpan, W. bedphere, see bedfere 1581 bedplaoe 2, 3 bedplate, W.
bedplades, blanket, J . 1598 bedpost 2, 3 S. bedpresser 2 bedquilt, W. 1863
bedrabbled 3 1727 bedraggled 3 1829 bedral, beadle 3 bedral, sb. bedridden, J.
bedrauled, ...
Richard Chenevix Trench, 1857
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A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with ...
A bedfellow. BEDMOULDlNG, bedflmbl-dlng. s. A particular mouldtng. BEDPOST
, bed'-pbst. s. The posl at the corner of the bed, which supports the canopy. ' l
BEDPRESSER, bfldlpres-sur. s. A heavy lazy fellow. To BEDRAGGLE, bG-drigss.
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the ...
BEDPRESSER, bed'pres-sir. *. A heavy, lazy fellow. To BEDRAGGLE, be-drag'gl.
t>. a. To soil the clothes. 405. To BEDRENCH, be-drensh'. «. a. To drench, to
soak. BEDRID, bed'rld. a. Confined to the bed by age or sickness. BEDRITE ...
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Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary
Preserve:ever preserved;lifepreserving; nice preserved. Press: depress;express;
impress;o'erpress; oppress;suppress; unpressed. Presser: bedpresser. Pression:
impression;oppression. Pressure:expressure; impressure. Prevail: unprevailing.
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A dictionary of the English language, greatly improved
... set off Bedlam, bed'lam, 11. an hospital for mad people Bedlamite, bed'lam-ite,
n. a madman Bedpresser, bed'press-ér, n. a heavy lazy person Bedraggle, bé-
drag'gle, v. the same as Bedaggle Bedrid, bed'rid, a. confined to bed Bedstead, ...
George FULTON (and KNIGHT (George)), 1833
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Elegant Extracts Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in ...
This sanguine coward, this bedpresser, this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of
fleshFal. Away, you starveling, you els-skin, you dry'd ncat's tongue, you llock-
fishl O, sor breath to utter! what is like thee? you taylor's yard, you sheath, you ...
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The Union Dictionary: Containing All that Truly Useful in ...
Bedpresser, béd'prés-sfir. 3. heavy lazy fellow. Shak. Bedraggle, be-drfig'gl. v. a.
to sollthe clothes. Bedrench, bé-drénsh'. v. a. to drench, to $03k. Shall» Bedrid,
béd'rid. a. confined to the bed by 8. 0 Shah'. ite, b<'=d'rlte. s. the privilege of the ...
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The Westminster Review
He reminds you of what Prince Henry calls Falstalf—“a bedpresser, a horse-back
breaker, a huge hill of flesh.” His insolence would look more insolent than ever,
lording it as be here does, in des ite of death, within the precincts of that place ...