Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is or has been in a house of correction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete One who is, or who has been, in the
house of correction .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ill tell thee what, thou thin man in a censer, I will have you as soundly swinged for this, you blue-bottle rogue! you filthy famished correctioner! if you be not swinged, Ill forswear half-kirtles.
Act V. Scene IV. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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She was a Mutton-fisted woman, and as strong in the forearm as a Bridewell correctioner.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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I'll tell you what, you thin man in a censer, I will have you as soundly swinged for this, -- you blue-bottle rogue, you filthy famished correctioner, if you be not swinged, I'll forswear half-kirtles.
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I’ll tell you what, you thin man in a censer, I will have you as soundly swinged for this, — you blue-bottle rogue, you filthy famished correctioner, if you be not swinged, I’ll forswear half-kirtles.
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