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Search phrase: gibbet

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Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.61My country's high pyramides my gibbetMy Countries high pyramides my Gibbet,
CymbelineCym V.iv.201beget young gibbets, I never saw one so prone: yet,beget yong Gibbets, I neuer saw one so prone: yet
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.36all the gibbets and pressed the dead bodies. No eye hathall the Gibbets, and prest the dead bodyes. No eye hath
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.ii.256come off and on swifter than he that gibbets on thecome off, and on, swifter then hee that gibbets on the
King LearKL III.iv.110This is the foul fiend Flibberdigibbet. He beginsThis is the foule Flibbertigibbet; hee begins
King LearKL IV.i.60Modo, of murder; Flibberdigibbet, of mopping and
MacbethMac IV.i.65From the murderer's gibbet, throwFrom the Murderers Gibbet, throw
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.17about me – I am no gibbet for you. Go – a short knifeabout mee, I am no gibbet for you: goe, a short knife,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.80Ho, the gibbet-maker? He says that he hath takenHo the Iibbetmaker, he sayes that he hath taken

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Glossary

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Flibberdigibbet[pron: fliberdi'jibet] in Christian tradition, the name of a devil
gibbet[unclear meaning] hang [as on a gibbet]
gibbet-makerperson who constructs gibbets

Thesaurus

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constructor of gibbetsgibbet-maker
gibbets, person who constructsgibbet-maker
hang [as on a gibbet]gibbet

Themes and Topics

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Religious personalities and beings...eing   adam above flibberdigibbet kl iii iv 110 name of a devil ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
GIBBETBASICgibbet n
GIBBETPEOPLEgibbet-maker n
MAKEPEOPLEgibbet-maker n

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