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halter-sack

halter-sack noun: someone fit to be hanged i.e. a scoundrel.

Noun

halter-sack (plural halter-sacks)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) Someone fit to be hanged i.e. a scoundrel.
    • Away! you halter-sack!1612 January 5 (first performance, Gregorian calendar; published 1619), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “A King, and No King”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and...

Forms of halter-sack

pluralhalter-sacks

Questions about halter-sack

What does halter-sack mean?
Halter-sack means someone fit to be hanged i.e. a scoundrel.
What part of speech is halter-sack?
Halter-sack is a noun.
What is the plural of halter-sack?
The plural of halter-sack is halter-sacks.

Words near halter-sack in the dictionary

  1. halter neck
  2. halter necks
  3. halter top
  4. halter tops
  5. halter up
  6. halter-sack
  7. halter-sacks
  8. halter-top
  9. halter-tops
  10. halterbreak
  11. halterbreaking

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