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Complete Definition of "Jack Ketch"

English
Etymology
From w:Jack Ketch|Jack Ketch, the public executioner during the reigns of both Charles II of England and his brother James II.

Noun
Jack Ketch

  1. a public executioner
  2. the gallows
  3. death
  4. the devil

References
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

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