1614. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, v. 3. Ay, and be hanged.
1694. Dunton, Ladies’ Dict., p. 229. Aristænetus telling a brisk buxom Lass of a proper fine Man that would make her a good Husband, Hang him [reply’d she] he has no Mony.
1772. Coles, Eng.-Lat. Dict., s.v. Hanged. Go and be hanged.
1780. Mrs. Cowley, Belle’s Stratagem, iv., 1. Hang Harriet, and Charlotte, and Maria! the name your father gave ye?
1823. W. T. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, ii., 5. Hang cards! bring me a bobstick of rum slim.
1836. M. Scott, Cruise of the Midge, p. 169. ‘You be hanged, Felix,’ quoth his ally, with a most quizzical grin.
1863. Ch. Reade, Hard Cash, ii., 218. Hang the grub; it turns my stomach.
1883. R. L. Stevenson, Treasure Island, p. 161. You can go hang!
1889. Sporting Times, 6 July. Hebrew Scholar: Rub up your Hebrew. Or go and hang yourself.
1890. Grant Allen, Tents of Shem, ch. xvii. Hang it all, if that’s English law, you know, I don’t thing very much of the wisdom of our ancestors.