"scapegallows" meaning in English

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          "text": "[…] And remember this, 'scapegallows,' said Ralph, menacing him with his hand, 'that if we meet again, and you so much as notice me by one begging gesture, you shall see the inside of a jail once more […]",
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        "A criminal who has narrowly escaped being hanged."
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        "(colloquial, dated) A criminal who has narrowly escaped being hanged."
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          "word": "crack-hemp"
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          "word": "gallows bird"
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