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nounhalidame (plural halidames)
plural halidames
- alternativeAlternative form of halidom.
[C]an your Highneſs keep a ſecret? if it ſhould ever come out of your lips⸺it ſhall not, it ſhall not: Cried Manfred—nay, but ſwear, your Highneſs—by my halidame, if it ſhould ever be known that I ſaid it⸺[…]
1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter V, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, page 170
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halidame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halidame
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