Hempie

Quick meaning: Hempie is a noun meaning (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A criminal; someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.

Meaning

(obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A criminal; someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A rogue.
2. (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A wild, romping girl.
3. (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) Deserving of being hanged.
4. (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) Wild; riotous; mischievous.

Example Sentences

“Ay, ay,” answered Rob, “she's under lawfu' authority now; and full time, for she was a daft hempie[…]”

'Ha, ha, Patie lad!' quo Bessie Elliot, a free-spoken Liddesdale hempy, 'there's a wife com'd for ye the night, Patie lad.'

The forst one's just as prood as us, / Te see his bonny mate, / An' if thor spared te grow up lads, / They'll fettle real forst-rate; / But if like hempy lads they fight, / We'll heh to keep them doon, / An’ try te myek them byeth as gud / As ony in the toon.

Word Forms

• hempies
• hemp
• hempy

Synonyms for hempie

Depending on context, synonyms include troublemaker, hangworthy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hempstretch, hemp, hempseed, hemp-widow, hempe, hempwort.

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