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scapegallows

noun

Etymology

From scape (archaic for escape) + gallows.

  1. inherited from *ǵʰalgʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *galgô✻
  3. inherited from *galgō✻
  4. inherited from galga
  5. inherited from galwes
  6. compounded as scapegallows — “scape + gallows”

Definitions

  1. A criminal who has narrowly escaped from being hanged.

    • […] And remember this, 'scapegallows,' said Ralph, menacing him with his hand, 'that if we meet again, and you so much as notice me by one begging gesture, you shall see the inside of a jail once more […]

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