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beneship

beneship adjective: very good; excellent.

Adjective

beneship (comparative more beneship, superlative most beneship)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) Very good; excellent.
    • Towre ye, yander is the ken, dup the gyger and maunde that is beneship.
      See you, yonder is the house, open the doore, and aske for the best.1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors
    • Beneship, beneship dearlie. Settle thine arse sopra this chaise the while I preparare the wrinkle-mousse to smoddle thee in.1984, Gillian Hanna, Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman, translation of Quasi per caso una donna: Elisabetta by Fo, Dario
    Synonyms:
    excellent

Synonyms of beneship

Forms of beneship

comparativemore beneship
superlativemost beneship
alternative formbenship

Origin of beneship

From bene (“good”) + -ship.

Words formed from beneship

Questions about beneship

What does beneship mean?
Beneship means very good; excellent.
What part of speech is beneship?
Beneship is an adjective.

Words near beneship in the dictionary

  1. Benesat
  2. Benesch
  3. Benesches
  4. Benesh
  5. Beneshes
  6. beneship
  7. beneshiply
  8. benet
  9. Benet's
  10. Benetnasch
  11. Benetnash

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