The kind of "balaam," the stock repetitions and expletives at which Chaucer laughs in "Sir Thopas" -- a laugh which has been rather unjustly received as condemning the whole class of English romances -- is very evident even in the French texts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)] Reference

I must get a friend's assistance for the scientific part, and add some balaam of mine own (as printers 'devils say) to make up four or five pages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)] Reference

Picture by balaam.    From Wordnik.com.  [Avoiding Weight Gain In 140 Characters Or Less | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

471. file://localhost/ccel/easton/ebd2. b.html? term = balaam.    From Wordnik.com.  [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference