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hangman's rope

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Noun1.hangman's rope - a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
hangman's halter, hempen necktie, halter, hemp
gallows - an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
running noose, slip noose, noose - a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
rope - a strong line


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Which, in itself, was a marvel; for it seemed as if the smallpox, the consumption, brain-fever, jail-fever and even the hangman's rope had given him a wide berth for fear of catching something.
Welcome Back, Smith! by Paterson, Katherine / The Horn Book Magazine
These include a sexual encounter involving the bathroom girl and a hangman's rope, not to mention a crackpot scheme to return his parents' bones to Armenia.
Mr. D. takes a pratfall: Arto Paragamian's two thousand and none by Alioff, Maurie / Take One
Condemned to death by hanging after the guilty verdict was reached, Smith died in his cell before the hangman's rope could be placed around his neck.
Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823 by Cox, Edward L. / African American Review
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