Meanings
plural Bridport daggers
- colloquialobsoleteA hangman's noose.
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".
2023 December 27, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the way to Weymouth”, in RAIL, number 999, page 53Synonyms: hempen cravat, collar, halter, hangman's knot, hangman's noose, hempen collar, hempen cravat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hangman's noose.
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Bridport dagger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bridport%20dagger
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