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Definition: SCAPEGALLOWS |
SCAPEGALLOWSNoun1. One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. |
Note: Scapegallows \Scape"gal`lows\, noun. One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. [Colloq.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Slang in 1811 | SCAPEGALLOWS. One who deserves and has narrowly escaped the gallows, a slip-gibbet, one for whom the gallows is said to groan. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SCAPEGALLOWS |
| Specialty definitions using "SCAPEGALLOWS": SLIPGIBBET. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "SCAPEGALLOWS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Italian | pendaglio da forca. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | apegallowsscay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-l-l-o-p-s-s-w" | |
-3 letters: coleslaws, collapses, escallops, gallowses. | |
-4 letters: calloses, clawless, coalless, coleslaw, collages, collapse, escallop, escalops, galleass, goalless, scalages, scallops, scalpels, seawalls. | |
-5 letters: apogeal, asswage, calesas, callose, capless, collage, cowages, cowpeas, escalop, gallops, gallows, glossae, glossal, gospels, lawless, locales, loessal, paellas, palaces, pascals, passage, sallows, sapsago, sawlogs, scalage, scallop, scalpel, scapose, seawall, socages, solaces, wallops. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 43 41 50 45 47 41 4C 4C 4F 57 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- .--. . --. .- .-.. .-.. --- .--. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000011 01000001 01010000 01000101 01000111 01000001 01001100 01001100 01001111 01010111 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S C A P E G A L L O W S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0043 0041 0050 0045 0047 0041 004C 004C 004F 0057 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)533735503941354646495753 |
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