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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