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benting times

benting times is the plural of benting time.

Meaning of benting time

Noun

benting time (countable and uncountable, plural benting times)

  1. (archaic) The season (midsummer, apparently), when pigeons were said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.
    • Bare benting times […] may come.1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC

Questions about benting times

What is benting times the plural of?
Benting times is the plural of benting time.

Words near benting times in the dictionary

  1. Bentilee
  2. Bentinck
  3. Bentinck Town
  4. Bentincks
  5. benting time
  6. benting times
  7. bentiromide
  8. Bentivegna
  9. Bentivegnas
  10. bentivorous
  11. Bentlee

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