Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To beat; bang.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Prov. & Low, Eng. To beat or bang.
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- verb UK, dialect, dated, transitive To
beat orbang .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I shall bang, belam thee, and claw thee well for thy labour.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Tush, whispered the horse, speak lower; for, by Bucephalus, if the grooms but hear thee they will maul and belam thee thrice and threefold, so that thou wilt have but little stomach to a leaping bout.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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I shall bang, belam thee, and claw thee well for thy labour.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Tush, whispered the horse, speak lower; for, by Bucephalus, if the grooms but hear thee they will maul and belam thee thrice and threefold, so that thou wilt have but little stomach to a leaping bout.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Bucephalus, if the grooms but hear thee they will maul and belam thee thrice and threefold, so that thou wilt have but little stomach to a leaping bout.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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By the belly of the wooden horse at Troy, Master Somebody, I shall bang, belam thee, and claw thee well for thy labour.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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