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Meaning of little-ease | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.

British, idiomatic, obsolete, slang

Examples

“[W]as not this fellovv's preaching a cauſe of all the trouble in Iſrael? VVas he not vvorthy to be caſt into bocardo or little eaſe?”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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