ben mort
ben mort noun: good woman.
Noun
ben mort (plural ben morts)
- Good woman.
- Towre out ben morts & towre, / Looke out ben morts & towre, / For all the Rome coues^([sic]) are budgd a beake, / And the quire coves tippe the lowre.1610, Samuel Rowlands, “Towre Out Ben Morts”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 5
- Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.1611, Thomas Middleton, “The Roaring Girl”, in Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 4, published 1885, act 5, scene 1, pages 128–129
Forms of ben mort
| plural | ben morts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ben mot |
| alternative form | ben mott |
| alternative form | bene mort |
| alternative form | bene mot |
| alternative form | bene mott |
Questions about ben mort
- What does ben mort mean?
- Ben mort means good woman.
- What part of speech is ben mort?
- Ben mort is a noun.
- What is the plural of ben mort?
- The plural of ben mort is ben morts.
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