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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A very beadle to a humorous sigh.
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Discreet chorales endorse the beadle , who gathers cash on a wooden plate.
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It was, in fact, Mr Bumble the beadle , Oliver's old enemy.
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The feeling of contentment produced by gin-and-water had now disappeared, and the beadle was in a bad mood once more.
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The Presbytery appoints the beadle of the parish to summond him pro secundo.
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The ward bailiffs and beadles are not interested.
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They were in the custody of the court beadle who lived some distance away.