SCAPEGALLOWS

Meaning of SCAPEGALLOWS in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: scape (I) + gallows

: one who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SCAPEGALLOWS — (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
Английский словарь Webster
SCAPEGALLOWS — ( n. ) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCAPEGALLOWS — noun one who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
Webster English vocab
SCAPEGALLOWS — One who deserves and has narrowly escaped the gallows, a slip-gibbet, one for whom the gallows is said to groan.
Slang English vocab
SLIPSTRING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: slip (I) + string archaic : scapegallows
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLIPGIBBET — See SCAPEGALLOWS.
Slang English vocab

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