“crack、halter”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

crack-halter

释义

† ˈcrack-halter Obs.
[f. crack v. + halter.]
One likely to crack or strain a halter, i.e. to die by the gallows; a gallows-bird; = crack-hemp, crack-rope. Also playfully: cf. ‘rogue’.
It has been suggested that the original sense was perhaps ‘one who has cracked or broken the halter, and so escaped death’.
1566Gascoigne Supposes i. 4 You crackhalter, if I catch you by the ears, I'll make you answer directly.1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 30 The litle crackhalter that carrieth his maisters pantouffles.1607Dekker Northw. Hoe iv. Wks. 1873 III. 52 Fetherstones boy, like an honest crack-halter, layd open all to one of my prentices.

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