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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Child of the Cord

So the defendant was called by the judges of the vehmgericht in Westphalia, because everyone condemned by the tribunal was hanged to the branch of a tree.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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