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ordeal bean
noun
Origin:
1880–85; so called because it was allegedly administered as a test to persons suspected of witchcraft
1880–85; so called because it was allegedly administered as a test to persons suspected of witchcraft
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Ordeal bean
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| ordeal bean | |
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| dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft [syn: calabar bean] |
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