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English
Etymology
From bene (“good”) + -ship.
Adjective
beneship (comparative more beneship, superlative most beneship)
- (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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