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'scapegallows

'scapegallows is the alternative form of scapegallows.

Meaning of scapegallows

Noun

scapegallows (plural scapegallowses)

  1. (colloquial, dated) 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 […]1838–1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

Questions about 'scapegallows

What is 'scapegallows the alternative form of?
'scapegallows is the alternative form of scapegallows.

Words near 'scapegallows in the dictionary

  1. 'sarvo
  2. 'saur
  3. 'saurs
  4. 'sblood
  5. 'sbodikins
  6. 'scapegallows
  7. 'Sconset
  8. 'scuse
  9. 'scused
  10. 'scuses
  11. 'scusing

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