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Tom O' Bedlam

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Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, Eng.; hence, a wandering mendicant, either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tom O' Bedlam'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tom-o-bedlam.html. 1828.
 
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