beck and call
completely under someone's control
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become of
To happen or come to someone or something
become one flesh
be united in marriage or a romantic relationship
bed
Put to bed with a mattock, and tucked up with a spade; said of one that is dead and buried. You will go up a ladder to bed, i.e. you will be hanged. In many country places, persons hanged are made to mount up a ladder, which is afterwards turned round or taken away, whence the term, "Turned off."
bed and breakfast
a private home offering overnight lodging and morning meal
bed blocker
A hospital patient who stays longer than medically necessary
bed in
To settle or become accustomed to a new situation
bed-fagot
A contemptuous term for a woman; generally applied to a prostitute.—See FAGOT.
bed-maker
Women employed at Cambridge to attend on the Students, sweep his room, &c. They will put their hands to any thing, and are generally blest with a pretty family of daughters: who unmake the beds, as fast as they are made by their mothers.
bed-post
"in the twinkling of a BED-POST," in a moment, or very quickly. Originally BED-STAFF, a stick placed vertically in the frame of a bed to keep the bedding in its place, and used sometimes as a defensive weapon.
Bedchamber Question
In May, 1839, Lord Melbourne's Whig ministry resigned, and when Sir Robert Peel formed a government he
Bedell's Bible
A translation of the Author- ized Version into Irish carried out under the direction of Bedell (d. 1642), Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh.
Bedford Book of Hours
An illuminated manuscript of extraordinary beauty made for John, Duke of Bedford, second son of King Henry IV, whose wife presented it to King Henry VI at Christmas, 1430. It is now in the British Museum.
Bedford Level
The large tract of marshy land about 60 miles in breadth and 40 in length which lies in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdonshire, North- amptonshire, and Lincolnshire, and includes the Isle of Ely and the whole of the Fen district. So called from Francis, fourth Earl of Bedford, who undertook the draining of the Fens in 1634.
bedfordshire
Bed.
bedfordshire
I am for Bedfordshire, i.e. for going to bed.
bedizened
Dressed out, over-dressed, or awkwardly ornamented.
Bednal Green
Sheridan Knowlcs also &as a play on the story (1834). Bessee was very beautiful, and was courted by four suitors at once — a knight, a gentleman of fortune, a London merchant, and the son of the innkeeper at Romford. She told them that they must obtain the consent of her father, the poor blind beggar of Bethnal Green. When they heard that, they all slunk off except ,the knight, who went to ask the beggar's leave to wed the "pretty Bessee.
bee
"to have a BEE in one’s bonnet," i.e., to be not exactly sane; to have a craze in one particular direction. Several otherwise sensible and excellent M.P.’s are distinguished by the "BEE in his bonnet" each carries.
bee in one's bonnet
An idea that obsesses or preoccupies someone
beeball
Basketball.
beef
To cry beef; to give the alarm. They have cried beef on us. Cant.--To be in a man's beef; to wound him with a sword. To be in a woman's beef; to have carnal knowledge of her. Say you bought your beef of me, a jocular request from a butcher to a fat man, implying that he credits the butcher who serves him.
beef bayonet
The penis.
beef eater
A yeoman of the guards, instituted by Henry VII. Their office was to stand near the bouffet, or cupboard, thence called Bouffetiers, since corrupted to Beef Eaters. Others suppose they obtained this name from the size of their persons, and the easiness of their duty, as having scarce more to do than to eat the king's beef.
beef to the hoof
to add strength or value to something
beef-headed
Stupid, fat-headed, dull.
Beef-steak Club
The present Beef-steak Club dates from 1876, but the original club of this name was founded about 1707. Its badge was a gridiron, and it was said to comprise "the chief wits and great men of the nation.
beefed
Muscular.
beefhead
A Texan.
beefy
Unduly thick or fat, commonly said of women’s ankles; also rich, juicy, plenteous. To take the whole pool at loo, or to have any particular run of luck at cards generally is said by players to be "very BEEFY."
beeline
The straightest possible line of route to a given point. When a bee is well laden, it makes a straight flight for home. Originally an Americanism, but now general.
been there, done that
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
been there, done that, got the T-shirt
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
been to the rodeo
Experienced and knowledgeable about a situation or activity
beer goggles
A state of mind where someone appears more attractive due to alcohol consumption
beer muscles
false courage or confidence caused by drinking alcohol
beersie
A beer.
beery
Intoxicated, or fuddled with beer.
bees and honey
money
beeswax
Poor, soft cheese. Sometimes called "sweaty-toe cheese."
beeswing
The film which forms on the sides of bottles which contain good old port wine. This breaks up into small pieces in the process of decanting, and looks like BEES’ WINGS. Hence the term.
beetle-browed
One having thick projecting eyebrows.
beetle-crusher
Or SQUASHER, a large flat foot. The expression was made popular by being once used by Leech.
beetleskin
A condom.
beetus
diabetes
beezer
nose
beezy
A woman.
bee’s
(Jon.) Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, the Bon Ton, and the Varieties of Life, forming the completest and most authentic Lexicon Balatronicum hitherto offered to the notice of the Sporting World, by John Bee [i.e., John Badcock], Editor of the Fancy, Fancy Gazette, Living Picture of London, and the like of that, 12mo. 1823.
before it was cool
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
before setting out on a mission of vengeance, dig two graves
Seeking revenge will likely lead to one's own downfall
before someone's time
Happening or existing before someone was born
before the lights
In theatrical parlance, on the stage, Le. before the foot-lights.
before you can say knife
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
beg for one's life
to plead desperately for mercy or survival
beg off
To decline or excuse oneself from a commitment or invitation
beg to differ
To politely disagree with someone
beggar maker
A publican, or ale-house keeper.
beggar's bullets
Stones. The beggar's bullets began to fly, i.e. they began to throw stones.
BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER
There is a public- house of this name in the Whitechapel Road.
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