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cangue
/ °ìæŋ /
noun
- (formerly in China) a large wooden collar worn by petty criminals as a punishment
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cangue1
C18: from French, from Portuguese canga yoke
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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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