Crack-rope

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged; a gallows bird. obsolete

    "Jack. Master, I handled you not, but who did handle you very handsomely, you can tell. Carisophus. Handsomely, thou crack-rope?"

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crack-hempgallows birdhangdogwag-halter

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"Jack. Master, I handled you not, but who did handle you very handsomely, you can tell. Carisophus. Handsomely, thou crack-rope?"

Etymology

From crack + rope.

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