beneship

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From bene (good) +‎ -ship.

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beneship (comparative more beneship, superlative most beneship)

  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Very good; excellent.
    • 1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors:
      Towre ye, yander is the ken, dup the gyger and maunde that is beneship.
      See you, yonder is the house, open the doore, and aske for the best.
    • 1984, Gillian Hanna, Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman, translation of Quasi per caso una donna: Elisabetta by Fo, Dario:
      Beneship, beneship dearlie. Settle thine arse sopra this chaise the while I preparare the wrinkle-mousse to smoddle thee in.

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