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Every helpful hint and clue for Friday's Strands game from the New York Times. ... Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times ...
A medieval "Mask of Shame", or scold's bridle. A badge of shame, also a symbol of shame, a mark of shame or a stigma, [1] is typically a distinctive symbol required to be worn by a specific group or an individual for the purpose of public humiliation, ostracism or persecution.
A branked scold in Colonial New England, from a lithograph in A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele and Esther Baker Steele from 1885 18th century scold's bridle in the Märkisches Museum Berlin 16th-century Scottish branks, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland A scold's bridle, having a hinged iron framework to enclose the head and a bit or gag to fit ...
Punishing a common scold in the ducking stool. In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a type of public nuisance—a troublesome and angry person who broke the public peace by habitually chastising, arguing, and quarrelling with their neighbours. Most punished for scolding were women, though men could be found to be ...
Someone could get hurt.' I got some sympathetic looks from other parents, but none of the kids' parents looked up from the table where they were eating about 20 yards away.
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Prince William reflected on his own childhood grief while supporting a children’s bereavement charity, where he serves as patron.. On Feb. 5, the Prince of Wales, 42, spoke with candor during a ...
To scold [1] Bandon Abandonment Bandy: A stick used for beating dung out of the way, usually long and sturdy with a bent end [1] Bandylags: Crooked/bowed legs Bankrout: Bankrupt Bantling Child Barken: Barley [2] Barry: Borrow [2] Batch: Hillock [2] Battenbuoard: A tool for tamping thatch on a roof [2] Baven: A faggot of untrimmed branches [2] Beas'