Meaning of comprachico | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.

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Examples

“But here in England a comprachico is equal to a murderer, a candidate for the hangman's noose.”

“He is angry and equips himself accordingly—with a penknife to give the offender a comprachico countenance, a mirror to show him the effect, and a pair of nailed boots to give him his dismissal.”

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