subs. (old).—1. The gallows. For synonyms, see NUBBING-CHEAT.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. MORNING DROP. He napped the king’s pardon and escaped the morning drop; he was pardoned, and was not hanged.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
