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Definition of Gibbetted
1. gibbet [v] - See also: gibbet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gibbetted
Literary usage of Gibbetted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1824)
"During the late insurrection in Deme- rara, we know that many of the offenders
were gibbetted. We will not deem it possible that they were ..."
2. Irish Emigration and the Tenure of Land in Ireland (1867)
"... the ' Plea for the Celtic Kace,' I am sure he will admit that it would not be
fair to describe me as having ' ruthlessly gibbetted ' Irish landlords, ..."
3. Manchester Streets and Manchester Men by Thomas Swindells (1906)
"To steal cloth so exposed was a penal offence, and George Russell was gibbetted
at Newton Heath. A prisoner, James Massey, who hanged himself in his cell in ..."
4. Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset (1903)
"Another tradition of which we have heard states that both the murderers were
hanged in chains, and the entry above affirms that both were ' gibbetted ' as ..."
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