English Explanatory Dictionary

crack-rope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged; a gallows bird.

Word forms

crack-rope crack-ropes crackrope

Etymology

From crack + rope.

Synonyms

crack-hemp gallows bird wag-halter

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