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cangue

/ °ìæŋ /

noun

  1. (formerly in China) a large wooden collar worn by petty criminals as a punishment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cangue1

C18: from French, from Portuguese canga yoke
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Example Sentences

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Here was a poor fellow condemned to the torture of the cangue.

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As in the English pillory, the name of the man and the nature of his offence are inscribed on the cangue.

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That thing that looked like a tree box is what they call a cangue.

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In China the crime is set forth on a board hung on the neck of the criminal, called the cangue.

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His reward was the cangue and bamboo saw—nokogirihiki; failing death by this, he was to be crucified.

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