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Tyburn site of gallows where criminals were publicly hanged. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 920] See : Execution Tyburn tree site of the London gibbet. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 169] See : Punishment |
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Now, I don't set sufficient store on the cut of my jerkin to risk being hung at Tyburn or sent for change of scene to the Indies. On the morrow, rumours of this new act of daring on the road yielded matter for a few hours' conversation through the town, and a Public Progress of some fine gentleman (half-drunk) to Tyburn, dressed in the newest fashion, and damning the ordinary with unspeakable gallantry and grace, furnished to the populace, at once a pleasant excitement and a wholesome and profound example. They hanged at Tyburn, in those days, so the street outside Newgate had not obtained one infamous notoriety that has since attached to it. |
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