Antedating of "Guillotine"

[Fred Shapiro]

guillotine (OED 1793)

1790 _Debates on Mr. Ponsonbys motion for a parliamentary reform_ 9
(Eighteenth Century Collections Online)  They have added the force of
enthusiasm to the fury of an unholy war; a sort of anti-crusade, in whcih
they bear the guillotine against the cross.

Fred Shapiro


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