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bedlamer [< F bête de la mer sea beast] Esp. Nfld 
n. the young of the harp seal, one or two years of age with brown fur.
See also: harp (seal)
- 1773 (1792) He saw a shoal of bedlamers before his door one day last week.
- 1964 . . . the yearlings and two year olds are called "Young Harps" or "Turning Harps" and also Bedlimers (or Bedlamers).
- 1966 They paid 50 cents for the skin of an adult seal and 25 cents for a bedlamer (young seal) skin. (The word "bedlamer" is a corruption of the French "bête de la mer"--sea beast.)
- 1773 (1792) He saw a shoal of bedlamers before his door one day last week.