hang
verb (used with object)
to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
unhanged
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a word derived from
hang.
Example Sentences
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Why don’t you tell me I am an unhanged reprobate, and that you are ashamed to be seen walking with me?
From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Emily Sarah Holt
There live not three good men unhanged, in England; and one of them is fat and grows old; a bad world, I say!
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
“Come hither, ye unhanged whelp,” said Jekyl, “and tell me if you know the old gentleman that passed down the walk just now—yonder he is, still in sight.”
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
"These are fine words to come from the dirtiest knave unhanged in England."
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell
Still, the never a one of Bill but was a funny fellow with strangers, though, as we said, the greatest rogue unhanged.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
