Bear-bait
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bear-bait is a noun meaning Alternative form of bearbait.
Meaning
Alternative form of bearbait.
Example Sentences
Welles later provided a lively but quite fanciful account of how he bear-baited Hemingway:
A bear-bait was one of the recreations offered to Elizabeth at Kenilworth, and in the Earl of Northumberland's Household Book we read of 20s. for his bear-ward.
Interest Rate Observer, and a debunker of U.S. stocks since the Dow was at 2,000, has appeared on Rukeyser's TV show, where he gets bear-baited: "World's going to hell again, eh, Jim?"
This freedom of speech in a holy place is less to be wondered at when it is known that the good rector and a party from the rectory usually witnessed the bear-bait from the churchyard adjoining the village green.
Word Forms
- bear-baits
- bear-baiting
- bear-baited
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bear baiting, bear-ward, linkbait, ballbuster, teddybear, bear's breeches.
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