bedlamismn.
A word or thing characteristic of Bedlam; a trait of madness.
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bedlamism1843
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xiii. 288 Nothing but a noisy bedlamism in your mouth.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xi. 168 A strict place, moreover; its very bedlamisms flowing by law.
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n.1843- to give a person a meeting
- to give a person a pain
- to give a person a pain in the etc
- to give a person a pain in the in the arse
- to give a person a pain in the neck
- to give a person a piece of one's mind
- to give a person a pig of his etc own sow
- to give a person a pig of his her own sow
- to give a person a pig of his own sow
- to give a person a rattle
- to give a person a roasting
- to give a person a run for etc money
- to give a person a run for her money
- to give a person a run for his money
- to give a person a runaround
- to give a person a rush
- to give a person a seeing to
- to give a person a shout
- to give a person a show
- to give a person a show of
- to give a person a sop of the same sauce
- to give a person a tinkle
- to give a person a topper
- to give a person a yell
- to give a person an old-fashioned look