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Meaning of fidlam ben | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A thief.

archaic

Examples

Given them are fidlam-bens who want Beauty and Booty as the reward of their havin fag'd as many of you as dont pike off, bullets for their prog; and let me see that you are jonnok, when these shabbaroons of England attack you.”
“He could get sent to jail for breaking in like a thieving fidlam ben.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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