hang-gallows

Were they to sit with "this hang-gallows of a tailor"?

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

"I reckon it must have been that hang-gallows of a tailor -- that Sim," he said, perspiring from head to foot.

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

But, leaving me to take care of my aristocratic self, I advise your aristocratic self to slip off at once to England like any hang-gallows dog; and if

A Laodicean : a Story of To-day Thomas Hardy 1884

Well, when I got home, I gave his name to my beast, just for the pleasure of thinking of that hang-gallows thief, every time I had occasion to give the creetur a dig in the ribs, or lay a blow across his withers!

Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency. 1852

"But I'll go to Captain Jack, and know if it's orders to put a hang-gallows spy in my room; aye, even in my widowed bed, you tief!"

The Spy James Fenimore Cooper 1820

"No," resumed Matthew, turning to the schoolmaster, "Ralph will nivver tryste with the lass of yon hang-gallows of a tailor.

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

"That's enough, my pert lad," interrupted Tarleton; "I have heard of your good mother before; she is somewhat over ready in her zeal in behalf of Marion's ragamuffins: and truly I think she is more squeamish than she should be at the sight of a soldier, when she could look upon such hang-gallows knaves without shuddering.

Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency. 1852

I'll go to Captain Jack, and know if it's his orders to put a hang-gallows spy in my room, ay even in my widow'd bed, you thief.”

The Spy 1821

"I have just been overhauling the old man's instructions from the owners, and find I have done right in leaving these hang-gallows rascals to themselves, and shaping our course to the next point of destination.

Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820