英语词汇greenacre的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Greenacre! Greenacre!, a word popular in the 19th century, is a good example of true gallows humor. The rope broke when they hanged James Greenacre at Newgate Prison in 1837 and he had to be strung up again. However, little sympathy was shown for the murderer, who had hacked up his victim and buried sections of the body under various London landmarks. Stevedores, in fact, promptly adopted the killer’s name to indi- cate the falling of cargo. Whenever rope slings broke while goods were being loaded or unloaded, the cry Greenacre! went up along the docks.

词汇	greenacre
词源	Greenacre! Greenacre!, a word popular in the 19th century, is a good example of true gallows humor. The rope broke when they hanged James Greenacre at Newgate Prison in 1837 and he had to be strung up again. However, little sympathy was shown for the murderer, who had hacked up his victim and buried sections of the body under various London landmarks. Stevedores, in fact, promptly adopted the killer’s name to indi- cate the falling of cargo. Whenever rope slings broke while goods were being loaded or unloaded, the cry Greenacre! went up along the docks.
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