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waghalter

waghalter is the alternative form of wag-halter.

Meaning of wag-halter

Noun

wag-halter (plural wag-halters)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who is likely to swing in a halter; someone likely to be hanged.
    • I can tell you, I am a mad waghalter.1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, I.1

Forms of waghalter

pluralwaghalters

Questions about waghalter

What is waghalter the alternative form of?
Waghalter is the alternative form of wag-halter.

Words near waghalter in the dictionary

  1. waggons
  2. waggonway
  3. waggonwright
  4. waggonwrights
  5. waggy
  6. waghalter
  7. waghalters
  8. Waghorn
  9. Waghorns
  10. Waghäusel
  11. wagie

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