halter-sack en · NOUN
Meanings
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(derogatory, obsolete) Someone fit to be hanged i.e. a scoundrel.
Away! you halter-sack!
1612 January 5 (first performance, Gregorian calendar; published 1619), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “A King, and No King”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| halter-sacks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |