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Jack Ketch
/
kɛtʃ
/
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[
kech
]
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noun
British
Slang
.
a public hangman.
Origin:
1665–75;
named after
John Ketch
(1663?–86), English executioner noted for his brutality
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Jack Ketch
(kɛtʃ)
—
n
archaic
(
Brit
) a hangman
[C18: after
John Ketch
(died 1686), public executioner in England]
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