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Definition: JACK KETCH |
JACK KETCH1. A public executioner, or hangman. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Jack Ketch Although this looks very much like a sobriquet, there seems no sufficient evidence to believe it to be otherwise than a real proper name. We are told that the name Jack was applied to hangmen from Richard Jaquett, to whom the manor of Tyburn once belonged. (See Hangmen.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | JACK KETCH. The hangman; vide DERRICK and KETCH. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Scourge | Goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner; lyncher; hangman; headsman; Jack Ketch. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: JACK KETCH |
| Specialty definitions using "JACK KETCH": Monsieur de Paris. (references) |
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Screenplays | Say the word, Mister Croup, and it'll be off his shoulders before you can say Jack Ketch. (NeverWhere; writing credit: Neil Gaiman; Lenny Henry) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jack ketch | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "JACK KETCH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | xhelat (executioner, hangman, headsman, torturer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | палач (butcher, executioner, hangman, headsman, torturer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hóhér (axeman, butcher, executioner, garrotter, hanger, hangman, headsman, ketch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackjay etchkay executor (doer, executioner, executor, headsman), carrasco (executioner, hanger, hangman, headsman, tormentor, torturer). (various references) cãlãu (butcher, executioner, hangman, headsman, tyrant). (various references) палач (butcher, executioner, hangman, headsman, slaughterer, torturer). (various references) dželat (axeman, executioner, hangman, headsman, slaughterer). (various references) cellat (executioner, hangman, hatchet man). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-j-k-k-t" | |
-3 letters: cachet, jacket. | |
-4 letters: cache, catch, cheat, check, hacek, ketch, tache, teach, thack, theca. | |
-5 letters: ache, cake, cate, ceca, chat, each, eath, etch, hack, haet, hake, hate, heat, heck, jack, jake, keck, khat, khet, tace, tach, tack, take, teak, thae. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 41 43 4B 4B 45 54 43 48 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01001011 01000101 01010100 01000011 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J A C K   K E T C H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0041 0043 004B 004B 0045 0054 0043 0048 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4435374524539543742 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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