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  • 11tumbrel — n. (also tumbril) hist. 1 an open cart in which condemned persons were conveyed to their execution, esp. to the guillotine during the French Revolution. 2 a two wheeled covered cart for carrying tools, ammunition, etc. 3 a cart that tips to empty …

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  • 12tumbril — noun a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution • Syn: ↑tumbrel • Hypernyms: ↑dumpcart …

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  • 13Cucking stool — Ducking stool at Leominster. Last used in 1809 …

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  • 14castigatory — n. (Law.) Trebuchet or trebucket, tumbrel or tumbril, ducking stool, cucking stool …

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  • 15cart — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tumbrel, tumbril; pushcart, dogcart; gocart. See transportation, vehicle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. truck, wheelbarrow, handbarrow, barrow, little wagon, wagon, carriage, tip cart, handcart, dolly, hand …

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  • 16dumpcart — n. a cart that can be tilted to empty the contents without handling them. Syn: tumbrel, tumbril. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 17Le Père Duchesne — ( Old Man Duchesne or Father Duchesne ) was an extreme radical newspaper during the French Revolution, edited by Jacques Hébert, who published 385 issues from September 1790 until eleven days before his death by guillotine, which took place on… …

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  • 18dumpcart — noun a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling • Hypernyms: ↑cart • Hyponyms: ↑tumbrel, ↑tumbril * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a cart having a body that can be tilted or a bottom opening downward for emptying the contents without… …

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