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Balmy.

Balnibar’bi.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


*Balmy-stick (To put on the).*

In prison slang means to feign insanity; and the “Balmy Ward” is the prison ward in which the insane, real or feigned, are confined.	1

Balmy.

Balnibar’bi.

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