单词 | scape-gallows |
释义 | > as lemmasscape-gallows scape-gallows n. one who has escaped the gallows though deserving it. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging > but has escaped scape-Tyburn1602 rope runnera1625 slip-halter1659 slip-gibbet1785 scape-gallows1799 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging > escaped hanging rope runnera1625 slip-halter1659 slip-gibbet1785 scape-gallows1799 1799 G. Washington Writings (1893) XIV. 154 The scape-gallowses of the large cities. 1838 Blackwood's Mag. 43 520 The Whigs now support all the scape-graces, and some~times scape-gallowses. < as lemmas |
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