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bedlamer
noun
(1)
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bedlamer
[
bed
-l
uh
-mer ]
Phonetic (Standard)
IPA
noun
,
Newfoundland.
a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of
bedlamer
1
First recorded in 1760–70; origin uncertain; alleged to be a folk-etymological alteration of
French
bête de la mer
“beast of the sea,” but compare
British dialect
bedlam
“wild, ill-behaved, a troublesome person or animal” (developments of
bedlam
)
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