Definition of "unhanged" [unhanged]

• Not (yet) executed by hanging. (adjective)

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• "“Come hither, ye unhanged whelp,” said Jekyl, “and tell me if you know the old gentleman that passed down the walk just now — yonder he is, still in sight.”"
• "“Never enough, sir, while one of the idolatrous tyrants is left unhanged,” said he, with a right bitter smile."
• "Whereas, by a little charity and mutual forbearance, things are made to go on pleasantly enough: we may abuse a man as much as we like, and call him the greatest rascal unhanged — but do we wish to hang him therefore?"