The Only Use
bedlam
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A Tale of Two Cities
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- For, people then paid to see the play at the Old Bailey, just as they paid to see the play in Bedlam—only the former entertainment was much the dearer.†
Chpt 2.2bedlam = a noisy and disorderly situation
Definitions:
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(bedlam) a noisy and disorderly situation
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) At one time, bedlam was also used as a disapproving term for any psychiatric hospital. As a proper noun, Bedlam was the name of the first psychiatric hospital in London (early 15th century).