Bedʹreddinʹ Hassan,

in the story of Nourʹeddinʹ and his Son, in the Arabian Nights.

“Comparing herself to Bedreddin Hassan, whom the vizier … discovered by his superlative skill in composing cream-tarts without pepper in them.”—Scott: Heart of Midlothian.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Bede (Adam)
Bedell
Beder
Bedford
Bedford Level
Bedfordshire
Bediver
Bedlam
Bedlamite
Bedouins [Bed-wins]
Bedreddin Hassan
Bed-rock
Bedver
Bee
Bee
Bee-line
Bees
Beef, Ox
Beefeaters
Beef-steak Club
Beefington