| 单词 | to be stabbed with a bridport dagger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be stabbed with a Bridport dagger A hangman's noose. Esp. in to be stabbed with a Bridport dagger: to be hanged. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Dorset 278 Stab'd with a Byrdport Dagger. That is, hang'd, or executed at the Gallowes. 1716 B. Willis Notitia Parl. II. 464 Whence came that noted Proverb of a Man's being hang'd, viz. That he is stabb'd with a Bridport Dagger. 1835 Westm. Rev. Apr. 356 ‘Stabbed with a Bridport dagger’ means hanged. 1907 Geogr. Teacher 7 108 Hemp..furnished ropes for the navy, and in the time of Leland ‘a Bridport dagger’ had become the slang for the gallows-rope. 2018 Bridport & Lyme Regis News (Nexis) 22 July Front of house volunteers can expect to learn to give rope-making demonstrations, as well as discover more about the history of a town renowned for making..the infamous hangman's noose, the Bridport Dagger. < as lemmas |
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