- kiss St Giles' cup
- obsoleteto be killed by hangingA victim was traditionally offered a cup of water at St Giles-in-the-Fields on his last journey from Newgate to Tyburn.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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