Bridport dagger

English

Noun

Bridport dagger (plural Bridport daggers)

  1. (obsolete, colloquial) A hangman's noose.
    • 2023 December 27, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the way to Weymouth”, in RAIL, number 999, page 53:
      Bradshaw has a welcome habit of lobbing in the odd bit of local folklore, and he excels here with "He was stabbed with a Bridport dagger was an old saying for a man that was hung".

Usage notes
  • To be "stabbed with a Bridport dagger" was to be executed by hanging.
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