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Meanings of hangman's rope in English

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A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging.

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        Usage of hangman's rope in English
        1
        I began to see visions of the gallows and the hangman's rope.
        Out of Doors—California and Oregon
        2
        Perchance a hangman's rope was hanging near me even now.
        The Weapons of Mystery
        3
        Catch Bob Stubbs afraid of anything, except the hangman's rope!
        The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
        4
        They had waited at that station like men with the hangman's rope upon their necks.
        Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 01 (of 15), America...
        5
        Apparently he found a loophole through which to escape me-the loop at the end of a hangman's rope.
        On Stranger Tides
        6
        If my arms are not soon around his neck, it may be the hangman's rope which will be there.
        Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter
        7
        The New Yorker, November 3, 1934 P. 16 Nobody competes for the trade of hangman's rope.
        The new yorker
        8
        The officers of the law may not suspect him, the hangman's rope may never come near him, but no murderer escapes.
        Roger Trewinion
        9
        He shows the danger of taking words too literally, since a 'Bridport dagger' is only another name for the hangman's rope.
        The Spinners
        10
        Dozens of witnesses from the Chamber of Commerce and the American Legion took the stand to braid a hangman's rope of untruthful testimony.
        The Centralia Conspiracy
        11
        Muskwa had fallen the wrong way out of his crotch and was dangling like the victim at the end of a hangman's rope.
        The Grizzly King: A Romance of the Wild
        12
        He looks as if he had a bold heart for the highway, and a neck that was made express for the hangman's rope!
        Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of t...
        13
        His burnt ashes, scattered to the winds, were picked up eagerly by the mob, reputed, as in England the pieces of the hangman's rope, talismans.
        A Book of Remarkable Criminals
        14
        You have it swaddled up as if you were determined to defy the hangman's rope from ever getting a hold of you, ejaculated Charles Holstrom.
        The Black-Sealed Letter / Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cock...
        15
        To be "straightened out" was an ambiguous phrase which might refer to the end of the hangman's rope or to a fatal electric shock.
        A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography
        16
        But sometimes it is worth while tossing a penny to see which it shall be-fortune, or the hangman'srope.
        Patsy
        Translations for hangman's rope
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