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strappados

strappados is the plural of strappado.

Meaning of strappado

Noun

strappado (countable and uncountable, plural strappados or strappadoes)

  1. A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.
    • What, vpon compulsion? No: were I at the Strappado, or all the Racks in the World, I would not tell you on compulsion.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about strappados

What is strappados the plural of?
Strappados is the plural of strappado.

Words near strappados in the dictionary

  1. strappable
  2. strappado
  3. strappadoed
  4. strappadoes
  5. strappadoing
  6. strappados
  7. strapped
  8. strapped for cash
  9. strapped for money
  10. strapped in
  11. strapped on

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