Thesaurus:gallows bird
English
Noun
Sense: someone who deserves to be hanged
Synonyms
- crack-hemp (obsolete)
- crack-rope (obsolete)
- gallows [⇒ thesaurus] (colloquial, obsolete)
- gallows bird (archaic)
- hang dog (obsolete)
- hangdog (obsolete)
- hempie (obsolete, British dialect)
- scapegallows (obsolete)
- slip-halter (obsolete)
- wag-halter (obsolete)
Hypernyms
Related terms
- die by hanging [⇒ thesaurus]
- gallows [⇒ thesaurus]
- hangworthy [⇒ thesaurus]
- kill by hanging [⇒ thesaurus]
Further reading
- “gallows bird” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.