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Hangman's rope   /hˈæŋmənz roʊp/   Listen
Hangman's rope

noun
1.
A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging.  Synonyms: halter, hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie.





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"Hangman's rope" Quotes from Famous Books



... the garden by the Frenchman who was found hanging. The automatic pistol in his pocket, which had recently been discharged, might support this theory even if the police had not found tracks of his feet in the laurels. But who hanged the man Raoul with a hangman's rope? That is the supreme mystery of all. The Putney police can offer no information on the subject, and Scotland Yard is as reticent. The circumstances of the discovery are as follows. At three o'clock on the morning ...
— Jack O' Judgment • Edgar Wallace


Words linked to "Hangman's rope" :   slip noose, rope, hemp, running noose, hangman's halter, halter, noose, gallows, hempen necktie


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