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gallows::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | instrument of execution |
| Has types | gibbet, gallous, gallows-tree, gallows tree |
Examples of gallows
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There's slop in the streets, corruption in the courts, and decent gallows humor.
From the bloomberg.com
Dissenters in Iran were being led to the gallows and to firing squads in droves.
From the theatlantic.com
Like The Sopranos, it's laugh-out-loud funny, full of gallows humor and hustles.
From the time.com
And every ghastly second of this gallows march was followed by television crews.
From the smh.com.au
Like a condemned man heading to the gallows, he knew it would soon be his turn.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Before anyone went to the gallows, Washington had to get the letter deciphered.
From the washingtontimes.com
So, let us get up to speed on our mental disorders as a gallows humor descends.
From the infowars.com
The idle apprentice is sent to the gallows by the industrious apprentice himself.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The answer is, of course, that some people just relish the thought of the gallows.
From the iwcp.co.uk
- An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
- Gallows are an English punk rock band from Watford, England. The band was formed in 2005 after the disbandment of founding member Laurent Barnard's previous band, My Dad Joe. ...
- Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging
- (gallow) to frighten
- To dream of seeing a friend on the gallows of execution, foretells that desperate emergencies must be met with decision, or a great calamity will befall you. To dream that you are on a gallows, denotes that you will suffer from the maliciousness of false friends. ...
- Heb. 'ets , meaning "a tree" (Est 6:4), a post or gibbet. In Gen 40:19 and Deu 21:22 the word is rendered "tree."
- A permanent fixed support for the boom.
- An erection on which to bang criminals condemned to death.
- W: on men-of-war, a pair of strong frames of oak made in the form of a gallows, fixed between the fore and main hatchways, with concave cross-beams called gallows-tops tenoned on to the uprights, to support spare topmasts, yards, booms, boats, etc. ...
