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Meanings of gallows in English
Usage of gallows in English
1
Ya 'aven't taken me out of the gallows' way, nor Wild's neither.
2
It sometimes ends in uncommon elevation, indeed; but only at the gallows.
3
Without a certain gallows humour, he would never have survived this long.
4
In the run-up to that gallows-humour session, things had not looked good.
5
All London knows, for Jack announced as much-somewhatmore colorfully-fromthe gallows.
6
The four main perpetrators were hanged on the gallows hill of Schongau.
7
Preliminary to the hanging there was the usual speech from the gallows.
8
The gallows will only be going to her in a headlong car.
9
Several of the soldiers laughed nervously, that sort of hollow gallows laughter.
10
And to his horror, Jan saw his gallows rise in the air.
11
I have passed the very spot where the gallows-tree is going up.
12
The doll was hanging by a piece of string from the gallows.
13
No; you are a soldier, and-andI will not be a gallows-widow
14
Bit like carrying your own rope to the gallows, in Hunter's opinion.
15
Beware of two things; buy no gallows-meat, and sit at no brookside.
16
I have the evidence on which to send him to the gallows-
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Gallows through the time
Gallows across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common