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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