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Tyburn

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Tyburn [ˈtaɪbɜːn]
n
(Placename) (formerly) a place of execution in London, on the River Tyburn (a tributary of the Thames, now entirely below ground)
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Now, I don't set sufficient store on the cut of my jerkin to risk being hung at Tyburn or sent for change of scene to the Indies.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
On the morrow, rumours of this new act of daring on the road yielded matter for a few hours' conversation through the town, and a Public Progress of some fine gentleman (half-drunk) to Tyburn, dressed in the newest fashion, and damning the ordinary with unspeakable gallantry and grace, furnished to the populace, at once a pleasant excitement and a wholesome and profound example.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
They hanged at Tyburn, in those days, so the street outside Newgate had not obtained one infamous notoriety that has since attached to it.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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