tom o' bedlam

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tom o' bedlam - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tom o' Bedlam \Tom o' Bed"lam\
     Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from
     Bethlehem Hospital, England; hence, a wandering mendicant,
     either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]