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Tom o' Bedlam

Tom o' Bedlam noun: a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospital, England.

Noun

Tom o' Bedlam (plural Tom o' Bedlams or Toms o' Bedlam)

  1. (historical) A wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospital, England.
  2. (archaic) Any wandering mendicant, either mad or pretending to be so.
  3. (archaic) A madman; a bedlamite.

Forms of Tom o' Bedlam

pluralTom o' Bedlams
pluralToms o' Bedlam

Questions about Tom o' Bedlam

What does Tom o' Bedlam mean?
Tom o' Bedlam means a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospital, England.
What part of speech is Tom o' Bedlam?
Tom o' Bedlam is a noun.
What is the plural of Tom o' Bedlam?
The plural of Tom o' Bedlam is Tom o' Bedlams.

Words near Tom o' Bedlam in the dictionary

  1. Tom Joneses
  2. tom kha
  3. tom kha gai
  4. tom kha kai
  5. Tom Mix
  6. Tom o' Bedlam
  7. Tom o' Bedlams
  8. Tom of Bedlam
  9. Tom of Bedlam's man
  10. Tom of Bedlam's men
  11. Tom Sawyer

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