| 单词 | finisher of the law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinisher of the law b. finisher of the law: jocularly, the hangman, executioner. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman boiec1320 hangman1393 hangerc1430 lockman1488 burrioc1540 bourreauc1550 burriourc1550 derrickc1600 passport-maker1602 topman1607 derrick-jastro?1609 verdugo1616 windpipe-stretcher1617 Gregorya1658 locksman1682 Ketch1685 Jack Ketch1696 finisher of the law1708 topsman1825 scrag-boy1843 scragger1897 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. 57 The Finisher of the Law. 1734 Grub St. Jrnl. 2 May 1/1 I imagine..that in point of order..the finisher of the law ought to draw up the conclusion. 1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 30 Thistlewood was suspended by the finisher of the law. 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 168 It [the Newspaper Press] is the grand inquistor—the expositor—the flagellator—the finisher! < as lemmas |
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