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bedlamer
[ bed-luh-mer ]
noun
Newfoundland.
- a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
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Thus a new-born harp is a "puppy," then a "white coat"; when it is old enough to take to the water, which is within a fortnight after birth, it becomes a "paddler," a little later a "bedlamer," then a "young harp" and finally a harp.
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