“gallows、bird”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

gallows-bird

释义

gallows-bird|ˈgæləzbɜːd|
[f. gallows n. + bird n.]
One who deserves to be hanged. Also occas., one who has been hanged.
1785Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Gallows bird, one that deserves hanging.1796Ibid. (ed. 3), Gallows bird, a thief or pick-pocket; also one that associates with them.1828Scott F.M. Perth ii, Had this been in another place, young gallow's bird, I had stowed the lugs out of thy head.1860Reade Cloister & H. II. i. 11 ‘It is ill to check sleep or sweat in a sick man’, said he. ‘I know that far, though I ne'er minced ape nor gallows-bird’.1888Harper's Mag. LXXVI. 415 The famous converted ‘gallows bird’..proclaims the good word in lamentable accents.

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