Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deadly never-green

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: dead-ly n-ev-er--green
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Tyburn tree.

name

Alternative form of Deadly Never-Green.

Example Sentences

"64. A view of the The Road to Paddington,^([i.e., Edgware Road]) with a Representation of the Deadly Never Green that bears Fruit all the year round. This is Tyburn, with three felons hanging on it."
"They made him^([Jack Sheppard, highwayman]) a folk-hero, though eventually even he could not cheat the ‘Deadly Never-green’. After his execution he dangled on the gallows for 15 minutes before a soldier cut him down and the crowd tried in vain to resuscitate him."
"He was too young, of course, to remember Tyburn, although his father might have told him tales of the Deadly Never-Green or Three-legged Mare."

Etymology

A play on the conceit that the Tyburn tree (the gallows at Tyburn) was a real tree—a lethal one, devoid of greenery.

Inflected Forms

Deadly never green (alternative)

Synonyms

Tyburn tree

Questions

What does deadly never-green mean?: Synonym of Tyburn tree.
Where does deadly never-green come from?: A play on the conceit that the Tyburn tree (the gallows at Tyburn) was a real tree—a lethal one, devoid of greenery.

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