ketchcraft
Jun. 18th, 2009 07:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordketchcraft - n., the hangman's craft.
From John Ketch, an infamous 17th century hangman of London. A quotation (found among other places at Wikitionary) shows it was still in use as of the mid-19th century.
---L.
From John Ketch, an infamous 17th century hangman of London. A quotation (found among other places at Wikitionary) shows it was still in use as of the mid-19th century.
---L.
