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单词 jack ketch
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Jack Ketchn.

Brit. /ˌdʒak ˈkɛtʃ/, U.S. /ˌdʒæk ˈkɛtʃ/
Forms: 1600s Jack Kesh, 1600s Jack Kitch, 1700s Jack Catch, 1700s– Jack Ketch.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Jack Ketch.
Etymology: < the name of Jack Ketch (d. 1686), public executioner in London, known in particular for his executions of William, Lord Russell (in 1683) and James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (in 1685). From the 18th cent., the name was also used for the character of the hangman in the Punch and Judy show. Compare earlier Ketch n.2
colloquial. Now somewhat rare and chiefly historical.
(A generic name for) an executioner or hangman. Cf. Ketch n.2
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1696 King William's Blessed Deliv. (single sheet) ​And Jack Kesh, Monsieurs last Physitian!
?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. iii. 28 A Priest-ridden Magistrate to be the Jack Ketch, and do the Priest-drudgery.
1755 in J. Wesley Jrnl. 2 Dec. (1761) 33 He is then a Kind of jack-catch, an Executioner-general.
1812 Examiner 19 Oct. 666/2 A few dozen lashes well laid on by Jack Ketch..may be a very appropriate punishment.
1889 W. C. Russell Marooned I. xi. 203 If they seize the vessel, it is piracy—a criminal act which ends with Jack Ketch.
1915 R. Thorndike Doctor Syn xxvi. 192 And here's a man wot's goin' sooner or later to be a Jack Ketch. He's got all the gifts of the hangman, he has.
1994 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 20 Sept. a24 Jack Ketch can cure the ills the College of Physicians cannot remedy; and wrongs beyond redress by the Stock Exchange Council and the Law Society can be solved by Captain Swing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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