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词汇 necktie party
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Definition of necktie party in English:

necktie party

noun
North American informal
  • A lynching or hanging.

    〈北美,非正式〉绞刑;私刑绞决

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Americans, in their typical boisterousness, immediately started organizing lynch mobs, hosting necktie parties where a man would be hung by the neck till death for the criminal act of being born black.
    • By then, I'll assume we would have already had necktie parties for all such scapegoats.
    • And when caught, the hoss thief had a date with a Colt.45 or an invite to a necktie party.
    • Narrowly escaping a frontier ‘necktie party,’ outlaw Buster Crabbe teams up with sidekicks Raymond Hatton and Johnny Downs for exciting, and at times comical, Western adventures. 59 min.
    • And while most of the punishments went off ‘without a hitch,’ a handful of necktie parties and firing squads stand out in the annals of history.’
    • I see some long legal proceedings against a bunch of ex-Bush administration officials beginning in January of 2009 and maybe involving some necktie parties in the end.
    Synonyms
    capital punishment, the death penalty, being put to death, killing

Definition of necktie party in US English:

necktie party

noun
North American informal
  • A lynching or hanging.

    〈北美,非正式〉绞刑;私刑绞决

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And while most of the punishments went off ‘without a hitch,’ a handful of necktie parties and firing squads stand out in the annals of history.’
    • And when caught, the hoss thief had a date with a Colt.45 or an invite to a necktie party.
    • Narrowly escaping a frontier ‘necktie party,’ outlaw Buster Crabbe teams up with sidekicks Raymond Hatton and Johnny Downs for exciting, and at times comical, Western adventures. 59 min.
    • I see some long legal proceedings against a bunch of ex-Bush administration officials beginning in January of 2009 and maybe involving some necktie parties in the end.
    • By then, I'll assume we would have already had necktie parties for all such scapegoats.
    • The Americans, in their typical boisterousness, immediately started organizing lynch mobs, hosting necktie parties where a man would be hung by the neck till death for the criminal act of being born black.
    Synonyms
    capital punishment, the death penalty, being put to death, killing
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