bedrip
bedrip · bedrips
A band of harvestersA band of harvesters.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, dialectal)A band of harvesters.
(UK, dialectal)A crowd.
Origin
From Middle English bedrip, from Old English bedrīp (“compulsory service rendered to a lanFrom Middle English bedrip, from Old English bedrīp (“compulsory service rendered to a landowner at harvest time, the reaping of corn on request”), from a compound of bed (“prayer, supplication, religious ordinance, service”) + rīp (“reaping, harvest”). More at bead, reap.
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