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bewdy
noun 2intj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
pretty
VERB + BEWDY
match, shouts
BEWDY + NOUN
hugh, mate, parlor, yew'd
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
Pronunciation spelling of beauty.
“[…]Say,” she continued, “ I wish I had time ta take ya to a bewdy parlor. Yew'd look cute by the time I had ya face fixed and ya eyebrows done and ya hair waved.”
This was bewdy.
2
A beauty: a beautiful person or thing; an especially good example of something.
The day before the Press Club luncheon, I was in Traralgon, Victoria, when a fellow came up to me in a bar and said, ‘Chippy, that bloody slogan suits you down to the ground. It′s a bewdy.’
‘[…]Look at this bewdy.’ Romeo held out a fat rose from the bush he was pruning.
intj
1
Used to express enthusiasm, pleasure or approval.
I scored us a couple of tickets to the match on Saturday. — Bewdy, mate!
The young woman gave them the fingers up and walked back disdainfully, ignoring their whistles and shouts of, ‘Bewdy, you showed him.’
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“[…]Say,” she continued, “ I wish I had time ta take ya to a bewdy parlor. Yew'd look cute by the time I had ya face fixed and ya eyebrows done and ya hair waved.”
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This was bewdy.
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Lovely smile, doncha know. She wos a bewdy, pretty as a rosella.
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I scored us a couple of tickets to the match on Saturday. — Bewdy, mate!
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The young woman gave them the fingers up and walked back disdainfully, ignoring their whistles and shouts of, ‘Bewdy, you showed him.’
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“Bewdy!” said Hugh, as he turned away to get his breakfast.
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