hempen cravat
English
editNoun
edithempen cravat (plural hempen cravats)
- (archaic, euphemistic) The hangman's noose.
- 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 22:
- I am no prophet, yet am not unwilling to say that if he has not yet graced a hempen cravat, he either will at some future time, or his deserts will not be meted out to him.
References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary