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Talking about hanging a criminal: “Before the electric chair came in, a murderer would be ________.”

HUNG 628
HANGED 330
STRUNG UP 58
LYNCHED 10
NR 6
STRETCHED 5
HANG 2
STRETCH HEMP 2
EXECUTED 1
GET HIS NECK CRACKED 1
GET HIS NECK STRETCHED 1
GET THE ROPE 1
HANG UP 1
HANGING 1
HUNG BY THE GALL 1
HUNG BY THE NECK TILL DEAD 1
HUNG BY THE ROPE 1
HUNG HIM UP 1
NECKTIE PARTY 1
NECKTIED 1
NECKTIE-PARTIED 1
NH 1
SENT TO THE GALLOWS 1
STRETCHED UP 1
STRUNG 1
STRUNG UP BY THE NECK 1
SWUNG UP 1
THEY TOOK HIM TO THE GALLOWS 1
WENT TO THE GALLOWS 1
WOULD STRETCH A ROPE 1

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