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Haymarket Hector

Haymarket Hector noun: a thug, bully or pimp inhabiting the London neighbourhood of Leicester Square and the Haymarket.

Noun

Haymarket Hector (plural Haymarket Hectors)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A thug, bully or pimp inhabiting the London neighbourhood of Leicester Square and the Haymarket.
    • You cannot have forgotten that when the late King took offence at an expression of Sir John Coventry's, he employed O'Brian, Sir Thomas Sands, and some other Haymarket Hectors, to cut off Sir John's nose as he returned home at night.1899, Horace Smith, Walter Colyton: A Tale of 1688, page 121

Forms of Haymarket Hector

pluralHaymarket Hectors

Questions about Haymarket Hector

What does Haymarket Hector mean?
Haymarket Hector means a thug, bully or pimp inhabiting the London neighbourhood of Leicester Square and the Haymarket.
What part of speech is Haymarket Hector?
Haymarket Hector is a noun.
What is the plural of Haymarket Hector?
The plural of Haymarket Hector is Haymarket Hectors.

Words near Haymarket Hector in the dictionary

  1. Hayman
  2. Hayman Island
  3. Haymanot
  4. Haymans
  5. haymarket
  6. Haymarket Hector
  7. Haymarket Hectors
  8. Haymarket ware
  9. haymarkets
  10. Haymes
  11. haymishe

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