Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who is or has been in a house of correction.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction.
Etymologies
- correction + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“She was a Mutton-fisted woman, and as strong in the forearm as a Bridewell correctioner.”
“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.”
“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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Shakespearean Neologisms
Words of which William Shakespeare was the only recorded user, at some point, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. (From "New-minted Coins", a list on futilitycloset.com)
bepray, bragless, compulsative, conceptious, confineless, continuantly, correctioner, disliken, exceptless, exsufflicate, foxship, insultment and 11 more...
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