Guy Fawkes

English Etymology From Guy Fawkes, who took part in a failed plot to blow up the English parliament in 1605 and who was sentenced to being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Noun An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned as part of the Guy Fawkes Night celebrations. en guy en 1851 The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year Edmund Burke Guy Fawkeses of great pretension were paraded in various towns of the kingdom, and the exhibitors realized contributions far exceeding the usual donations. en 1861 London labour and the London poor - Volume 3 Henry Mayhew 65 When, however, the monster Guy Fawkeses came into fashion, considerably greater expense was gone to in " getting up " the figures. en 1892 The Black Pope Oliver E. Murray Millions of little Guy Fawkeses are burned in England every year. Derived terms en Guy Fawkes Day Guy Fawkes Night Translations effigy burned in Bonfire Night celebrations Welsh: cy Guto Ffowc Verb en intransitive To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. en 189? The Boy's Own Annual 73 ... had been “Guy Fawkesing" since early in the morning. en 1897 The Child-study Monthly - Volume 3 180 As soon as I reached home in the evening, W. V. had her lantern ready to go out Guy-Fawkesing. en ambitransitive To blow up a building as an act of political sabotage. en 1873 Blackwood's Magazine The Late Attempt at Suicide 113 496 The burning of a few heretics would be in principle no more repugnant to us than gagging; neither would a little Guy Fawkesing about Westminster, though the latter diversion might come home to honourable members disagreeably. en 1900 The Young Castellan: A Tale of the English Civil War George Manville Fenn 86 "Ay, and I shall take it away from 'em, sir ; for if the worst comes to the worst, I shall have made all my plans before, and I'll do a bit o' Guy Fawkesing." " What do you mean ?" " Why, I should ha' thought you'd ha' understood that, sir." " Of course I do ; but how could you blow up the castle?" en 1950 Paul Revere and the minute Men 85 They'd try some Guy-Fawkesing on the British officials and their families. It was the only way they had to make the British government realize that they did not intend to pay taxes they hadn't voted on. I could be at least a messenger to the higher-ups who'd be busy Guy-Fawkesing the Drake Hotel or the Palmer House – because it was that to Eddie Dawson, hauling up gunpowder in the tunnels. en transitive To execute by hanging. en string up Thesaurus:kill by hanging en 1866 The Ill-used Postman Philip Bennett Power The barber being sure that all were on his side, now dropped his voice into tones sepulchral and solemn, and said slowly and deliberately; “If things don't mend, he must be Guy Fawkesed; Farmer Slade's barn was burnt by accident last Guy Fawkes' day; and no one ever found out who did it; and there's often a fire on Guy Fawkes' day; 'tis quite natural there should be when so many squibs are flying about." en 1869 The Old Guard With Jackson and Stuart alive, and with Davis and his cabinet, Hood, Daniel and the Pollards, all Guy Fawkesed at an early period of the conflict, what might not have been the result ? en 1907 The Grand magazine - Volume 6 517 'tis the Fifth of November, And, being at leisure, I write To say that my club owns a member Who ought to be Guy-Fawkesed at sight. en eponyms