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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

verdugo

A hangman or executioner; also employed as a term of abuse.
- William Craigie's New English Dictionary, 1926

Hey, did you know the late 1500s/early 1600s there was a famous hangman named Derrick? That's where the name came from for the weight-bearing crane.

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