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bene mort

bene mort is the alternative form of ben mort.

Meaning of ben mort

Noun

ben mort (plural ben morts)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) 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

Forms of bene mort

pluralbene morts

Questions about bene mort

What is bene mort the alternative form of?
Bene mort is the alternative form of ben mort.

Words near bene mort in the dictionary

  1. bene cull
  2. bene culls
  3. bene darkmans
  4. Bene Israel
  5. bene lightmans
  6. bene mort
  7. bene morts
  8. bene mot
  9. bene mots
  10. bene mott
  11. bene motts

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