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halter-sacks

halter-sacks is the plural of halter-sack.

Meaning of halter-sack

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...

Questions about halter-sacks

What is halter-sacks the plural of?
Halter-sacks is the plural of halter-sack.

Words near halter-sacks in the dictionary

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

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