trine n.
the gallows, thus Tyburn.
![]() | Eng. Rogue I 53: Trine, Tyburn. | |
![]() | Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Trine, [...] Tyburn. | |
![]() | Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Trine, the Gallows. | |
![]() | New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | |
![]() | Street Robberies Considered 34: Trine, Gallows or Tyburn. | |
, , , | ![]() | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. |
, , | ![]() | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Trine, to hang; also Tyburn. |
![]() | Dict. Sl. and Cant. | |
![]() | Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1785]. | |
![]() | ‘Her Muns with a Grin’ in Swell!!! or, Slap-Up Chaunter 50: A cut from the trine — or milldolling line — / Or a Sam darkly met. | |
![]() | Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open 128: Trine, the new drop. |