beldams

variants or beldames
plural of beldam
as in witches
a mean or ugly old woman knocking on the beldam's door on Halloween was once an annual ritual for the kids in the neighborhood

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witches
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  • Kelly told listeners that the Jezebel article instructed readers on hiring witches via Etsy and detailed back-and-forth correspondence about the curse's timing.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Don't worry about getting back to the starting point; these witches have a spell for that.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Beldams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beldams. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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