TO KEEP AN IRONMONGER’S SHOP BY THE SIDE OF A COMMON, WHERE THE SHERIFF SETS ONE UP, verb. phr. (old).—To be hanged in chains. For synonyms, see LADDER.—GROSE (1785).
TO KEEP AN IRONMONGER’S SHOP BY THE SIDE OF A COMMON, WHERE THE SHERIFF SETS ONE UP, verb. phr. (old).—To be hanged in chains. For synonyms, see LADDER.—GROSE (1785).
