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hangman's knot
noun
- a slip noose for hanging a person, usually having eight or nine turns around the rope.
Example Sentences
A third posted a manual on how to tie a hangmanâs knot.
Best extras: Viewers get five optional commentary tracks from historians and critics for the films âThe Desperados,â âThe Tall T,â âBuchanan Rides Alone,â âHangmanâs Knotâ and âThe Stranger Wore a Gunâ and an 11-minute brief overview of Scottâs work at Columbia.
Jody Williams knew things had gotten out of hand early last month, when a post on the pro-Trump message board TheDonald included a detailed diagram of how to tie a âhangmanâs knotâ on a noose.
But instead of a scarf, a hangmanâs knot was on the womanâs lap, an image that critics said was highly offensive and evoked the lynchings of black people in the Deep South.
The image Leach tweeted depicted an elderly woman knitting, with the caption: âAfter 2 weeks of quarantine with her husband, Gertrude decided to knit him a scarfâŠâ, but the picture showed her knitting a noose with the hangmanâs knot already tied.
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