hangmans knot

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hang′man's knot`


n.
a slip noose for hanging a person.
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He will die with a hangman's knot, the one which ominously has 13 twists and turns.
Death and taxes
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Deserved or not, when the hangman's knot is pulled up tight and the black cap snugged down over your head it is too late to plead your case.
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Justice holds a "heavy cargo of messages," wrote Eliza Steelwater in her book, The Hangman's Knot. Chief among them are that we are responsible for our own behavior; we are democratically entitled to judge each other; and to pay back society, there must be reprisals for evils done.
The non-allness of the hangman's justice
If we ever get through the knotted mass and find the end of the rope, there will no doubt be a hangman's knot, perfectly tied and waiting to be slipped around our neck by good ol' Uncle Sam.
At the end of my rope
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