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or beldame
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Noun
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Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain?—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025 -
People online can call you an old hag or too young, but one thing is for sure.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Most witches are women, but there are some men, too, like Julien Mayfair.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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From the outside, the place looks like like something out of a fairy tale, where a witch in the woods might plump up kids for a meal.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Beldam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beldam. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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