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Bedʹreddinʹ Hassan

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in the story of Nourʹeddinʹ and his Son, in the Arabian Nights.

“Comparing herself to Bedreddin Hassan, whom the vizier … discovered by his superlative skill in composing cream-tarts without pepper in them.”—Scott: Heart of Midlothian.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bede (Adam)
Bedell
Beder
Bedford
Bedford Level
Bedfordshire
Bediver
Bedlam
Bedlamite
Bedouins [Bed-wins]
Bedreddin Hassan
Bed-rock
Bedver
Bee
Bee
Bee-line
Bees
Beef, Ox
Beefeaters
Beef-steak Club
Beefington