| 单词 | newgate hornpipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNewgate hornpipe Newgate hornpipe n. slang (now archaic) (the vigorous kicking of a person undergoing) death by hanging (cf. to dance the Tyburn jig at dance v. 4b). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] hanginga1300 hangmentc1440 gallows1483 gibbet1502 Tyburn checka1529 Tyburn stretch1573 caudle of hempseed1588 hempen caudle1588 swinging1591 rope law1592 rope-leap1611 cording1619 turn1631 nubbing1673 cravatting1683 gibbetation1689 topping1699 Tyburn jig1699 noosing1819 scragging1819 Tyburn tie1828 Newgate hornpipe1829 dance upon nothing1841 drop1887 suspension1909 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > a hanging Newgate hornpipe1829 necktie sociable1871 necktie party1882 necktie social1994 1829 W. Maginn tr. E. F. Vidocq in Blackwood's Mag. July 133 We shall caper a-heel and toeing..A Newgate hornpipe some fine day. 1970 G. M. Fraser Royal Flash 188 And then it would be the Newgate hornpipe for Flashy, with the whole damned crew of Sons of the Volsungs hauling on the rope. < as lemmas |
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