Guy Fawkes

Meanings

Noun

An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is hanged as part of the Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.

Verb

To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.
To blow up a building as an act of political sabotage.
To execute by hanging.

Origin

From Guy Fawkes, who took part in the failed plot to blow up parliament in 1605 and who was sentenced to being hanged, drawn, and quartered.

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