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little-ease

little-ease noun: the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.

Noun

little-ease (plural little-eases)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, obsolete, slang) The pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.
    • [W]as not this fellovv's preaching a cauſe of all the trouble in Iſrael? VVas he not vvorthy to be caſt into bocardo or little eaſe?1550, Hugh Latimer, “Sermon XIV. Preached before King Edward the Sixth and His Most Honourable Council, in His Court at Westminster, in the Year 1550.”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in...

Forms of little-ease

plurallittle-eases

Questions about little-ease

What does little-ease mean?
Little-ease means the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.
What part of speech is little-ease?
Little-ease is a noun.
What is the plural of little-ease?
The plural of little-ease is little-eases.

Words near little-ease in the dictionary

  1. Little Yeldham
  2. Little York
  3. little yus
  4. Little's disease
  5. Little's law
  6. little-ease
  7. little-eases
  8. little-endian
  9. little-finger nail
  10. little-finger nails
  11. little-girlish

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