bilboes
Example Sentences
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The stocks soon superseded the bilboes and were near neighbors and amusement purveyors to the tavern.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse
The bilboes were the first engine of punishment in Boston, and were used until 1639, and perhaps much later.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse
The next year another Newe-towne man, being penitent, Henry Bright, was set in the bilboes for “swearynge.”
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse
Ye’ve got the bilboes an, and they make it bad running.
From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville
In the very oldest court records, which are still preserved, of the settlement of Boston—the Bay colony—appear the frequent sentences of offenders to be placed in the bilboes.
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse
