subs. (old).—The neck. For synonyms, see SCRAG.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. COLQUARRON, a man’s neck, (cant) his COLQUARRON is just about to be twisted, he is just going to be hanged.
1830. BULWER-LYTTON, Paul Clifford, p. 5 (ed. 1854). ‘’Tis a rum business, and puzzles I! but mum’s the word, for my own little COLQUARREN.’
