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Tyburn trees

Tyburn trees is the plural of Tyburn tree.

Meaning of Tyburn tree

Noun

Tyburn tree (plural Tyburn trees)

  1. (broadly, obsolete) A gallows.
    • The wild Olive, and the Fig, were the Tyburn-trees of the Athenians.1840, James W. Peppercorns (translator), Moses Maimonides, The Laws of the Hebrews, Relating to the Poor and the Stranger, Pelham Richardson, page civ

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Questions about Tyburn trees

What is Tyburn trees the plural of?
Tyburn trees is the plural of Tyburn tree.

Words near Tyburn trees in the dictionary

  1. Tyburn ticket
  2. Tyburn tickets
  3. Tyburn tippet
  4. Tyburn tippets
  5. Tyburn tree
  6. Tyburn trees
  7. Tyburn-tree
  8. Tyburnia
  9. Tyburski
  10. Tyburskis
  11. Tycen

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