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bene mot

bene mot 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 mot

pluralbene mots

Questions about bene mot

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

Words near bene mot in the dictionary

  1. bene darkmans
  2. Bene Israel
  3. bene lightmans
  4. bene mort
  5. bene morts
  6. bene mot
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  10. Bene't
  11. Bene't College

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