Usually means: Historical site of public executions.
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  1. Tyburn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Tyburn: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Tyburn: Wordnik
  4. Tyburn: Wiktionary
  5. Tyburn: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Tyburn, tyburn: Dictionary.com
  7. Tyburn: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. Tyburn (stream), Tyburn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Tyburn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Tyburn: Encyclopedia

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  1. Tyburn: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tyburn)

noun:  A manor, first mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086).
noun:  (historical) The Tyburn tree, a gallows where public hangings were carried out until 1783.
noun:  (historical) A former village in Middlesex, England (present-day Greater London), notable for its proximity to the Tyburn tree.
noun:  (historical) A former stream (or bourn) in Middlesex, tributary to the Thames at four sites (mouths).
noun:  (historical) A former small stream in Middlesex, tributary to the River Westbourne; frequently confused with the nearby and much longer River Tyburn.

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