💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scapegallows"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| gallowsnoun | A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. |
| gallows birdnoun | (archaic) A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged. |
| gallows-birdnoun | Alternative form of gallows bird. [(archaic) A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.] |
| gallowsbirdnoun | Alternative form of gallows bird. [(archaic) A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.] |
| gallowsnessnoun | (slang, rare, archaic) recklessness |
| crack-ropenoun | (obsolete) A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged; a gallows bird. |
| scapegoaternoun | A person who makes a scapegoat of another person (punishes someone for another's wrongdoing) |
| yardbirdnoun | (chiefly US, slang) A chicken. |
| crackropenoun | (obsolete) Alternative form of crack-rope. [(obsolete) A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged; a gallows bird.] |
| slip-halternoun | (obsolete) Someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged. |
| hangeenoun | One who is executed by hanging. |
| scapegracenoun | A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel. |
| halter-sacknoun | (obsolete, derogatory) Someone fit to be hanged i.e. a scoundrel. |
| sliphalternoun | (obsolete) Alternative form of slip-halter. [(obsolete) Someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.] |
| hang dognoun | (climbing) The situation of hanging on the rope after falling off a climb. |
| hanger and floggernoun | (UK politics, derogatory) A person who is in favor of severe criminal penalties, especially capital punishment or corporal punishment. |
| ketchnoun | A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post. |
| garroternoun | A person who strangles someone from behind. |
| boundlingnoun | (humorous, nonce word) A little bounder. |
| wag-halternoun | (obsolete) Someone who is likely to swing in a halter; someone likely to be hanged. |
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