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n. - Alternative terms for a place where people are executed by hanging.

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Usage examples (13)
  • My Dearest: See what an effect your "gallous young hound" episode has had on me.
  • You must find me somebody who was a "gallous young hound" in the days of his youth -- Crossjay, for instance: -- there!
  • He used to know you when he was in service at the H---- s, and speaks of you as being then "a gallous young hound," whatever that may mean.
  • 'They're gallous lads for walking round through the world.
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