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[UK] W. Hone Table Bk 701: As to the fee itself, ‘thirteen-pence halfpenny — hangman’s wages,’ it appears to have been of Scottish extraction. The Scottish mark [...] was a silver coin; in value, thirteen-pence halfpenny.
at hangman’s wages (n.) under hangman, n.
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