Meaning of crack-rope | Babel Free
Definitions
A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged; a gallows bird.
obsolete
Examples
“Jack. Master, I handled you not, but who did handle you very handsomely, you can tell. Carisophus. Handsomely, thou crack-rope?”
“Then let him be led through every ſtreete in yᵉ towne, / That every crackrope, may throw rottē egs at yᵉ clown.”
“Hark ye, ye crack-rope padder, born beggar, and bred thief!”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.