| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "BELVAWNEY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Belvawney (Miss), of the Ports-mouth theatre. She always took the part of a page, and wore tights and silk stockings. (Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby, 1838.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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