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• n  an ugly evil-looking old woman
• n  a woman of advanced age

• Onto the platform sweeps "the richest woman in the world," a flamboyant beldame whose effects include a wooden leg, a pair of eunuchs, a caged panther and an empty coffin.
• She can also effortlessly slip in and out of Joycean narrative: 'Ah,' cries the sad beldame, transfixed n grotesque crucifixion upon the perambulator, stabbing at herself with a .
• If he broke the vow, the beldame said, for nine generations no Lambton would die in his bed.

• hag
• beldam
• witch
• crone

News & Articles

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  Princess of Sylmar, the clear-cut leader of the 3-year-old filly division, will race one more time this year, and owner Ed Stanco said Monday he wouldn’t mind taking on Royal Delta in the Grade 1, $400,000 Beldame at Belmont Park on Sept. 28.
  Aug. 30, 2013 - Daily Racing Form
• Saratoga: Princess of Sylmar may meet Royal Delta in Beldame Stakes
  SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Princess of Sylmar, the clear-cut leader of the 3-year-old filly division, will race one more time this year, and owner Ed Stanco said Monday he wouldn’t mind taking on Royal Delta in the Grade 1, $400,000 Beldame at Belmont Park on Sept. 28. The other option would be the Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion at Parx one week earlier.
  Aug. 26, 2013 - Daily Racing Form

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• Bobby Frankel in BloodHorse
  She is a champion,Frankel said. "I was a little worried about finding a place to run. They all ganged up on her. They were looking for her." "We'll probably look at the Beldame (gr. I, Sept. 27 at Belmont) next."