BIDAL, OR BIDALL
\bˈɪdə͡l], \bˈɪdəl], \b_ˈɪ_d_əl]\
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An invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some poor man, who hopes thereby to be relieved by charitable contribution. It is something like "house-warming," i. e., a visit of friends to a person beginning to set up house-keep- in the ancient records it is used for any cart, ing. Wharton. wain, or wagon. Jacob.
By Henry Campbell Black
Nearby Words
- bid threshold
- bid-ale
- bid-ask quote
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- bidarkee
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- bidden