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From Jack Ketch, the public executioner during the reigns of both Charles II of England and his brother James II.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From Jack Ketch, the public executioner during the reigns of both Charles II of England and his brother James II.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.