Associations to the word «Tyburn»

Wiktionary

TYBURN, proper noun. (now historical) A village in Middlesex, where public hangings for the Middlesex area were carried out until 1783.
TYBURN TICKET, noun. (UK) (legal) (obsolete) A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting them from certain parish and ward offices.
TYBURN TICKETS, noun. Plural of Tyburn ticket

Wise words

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