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Date "BEAUMONTAGUE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Definition: BEAUMONTAGUE

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LiteratureBeaumontague [pronounce bo-mon-taig ]. Bad work, especially ill-fitting carpenter's work; literary padding; paste and scissors literature; so called from putty used by carpenters, etc., for filling up cracks and bad joinery. German, teig, dough; and Emile Beaumont, the geologist (1798-1851), who also gives his name to "Beaumontite." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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