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ride the three-legged mare

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
ride the three---legged -mare
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be executed by hanging.

British usage; Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

rides the three-legged mare (present, singular) riding the three-legged mare (participle, present) rode the three-legged mare (past) ridden the three-legged mare (participle, past)

Questions

What does ride the three-legged mare mean?
To be executed by hanging.

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