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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged..
Come hither, crackhempe.
Even in the Castle of Avenel thou wert a wild blood enough, but hadst thou been nurtured here, within a flight shot of the court, thou hadst been the veriest crack-hemp of a page that ever wore a feather in thy bonnet or steel by thy side: truly, I wish it may end week with thee.
Use crack-hemp when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crack-hemp means (obsolete) A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged..
Common synonyms include gallows bird, hangdog, wag-halter, crack-hemp.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Come hither, crackhempe.
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