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iron collar

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Noun1.iron collariron collar - an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
garotte, garrote, garrotte
instrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person


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It is when in this condition that he strips away the husks of life's healthiest illusions and gravely considers the iron collar of necessity welded about the neck of his soul.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
They and the women, as a rule, wore a coarse tow-linen robe that came well below the knee, and a rude sort of sandal, and many wore an iron collar.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
      His iron collar cut him to the bone.
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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