| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bess o' Bedlam | Literature | A female lunatic vagrant. Bedlam is a common name for a madhouse, and Bess is a national name for a woman, especially of the lower order. The male lunatic is a Tom o' Bedlam. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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