"hempstretch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hempstretch (uncountable)
  1. A person who has been hanged. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: hempseed, gallows bird Related terms: stretch hemp
    Sense id: en-hempstretch-en-noun-IBMMV3zX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1850, António Vieira (translated), Sermoens",
          "text": "Then one of the men who were hanging there, asked him for Christian charity to cut the rope. He did so, and Hempstretch fell on his feet: and, thanking him for the benefit which he had received, desired that he would take him behind him, because he must accompany him in that journey."
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