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  • noun Plural form of hangman.

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Examples

  • Protestant writers who have used such terms as 'a scandalous hypocrite, ''a cursed war-song of hell,' 'hangmen's slaves,'

    The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams

  • In ancient times certain classes of people, such as hangmen, actors, and others, were considered infamous by their very employment, but at present the actual opinion of the community must be consulted.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • English Heritage will enter into the, ahem, spirit of things, by putting on a series of spooky events in the ruins of Whitby Abbey, including ghost tours, creepy craft activities, twilight falconry displays and Victorian funerals with costumed undertakers and hangmen until 6 November, english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/whitby-abbey.

    Going goth in Whitby 2011

  • The hangmen in Iran have already executed thousands of MEK members over the course of the last three decades.

    Allan Gerson: The "Terror Lobby" List: A Response Allan Gerson 2011

  • For the betterment of all, they shouldered the burden of being the huntsmen and butchers, the judges and jailers, the hangmen and executioners, the grave-diggers and cere-clothiers.

    The Codex Continual » “Nine are the Candles”-An Excerpt 2008

  • Who but the Jews would build their own gallows, tie their own nooses, and hire the hangmen to stretch their necks?

    Peter Manseau’s “Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter” excerpt « The Blog at 16th and Q 2008

  • The American hangmen are torturing, tormenting, and killing unarmed people here.

    How Wars end Gideon Rose 2010

  • Here is a prayer of the eldest daughter, Grand Duchess Olga:Send us, Lord, the patience, in this year of stormy, gloom-filled days, to suffer popular oppression, and the tortures of our hangmen.

    Archive 2009-07-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • Here is a prayer of the eldest daughter, Grand Duchess Olga:Send us, Lord, the patience, in this year of stormy, gloom-filled days, to suffer popular oppression, and the tortures of our hangmen.

    Olga's Prayer elena maria vidal 2009

  • Send us, Lord, the patience, in this year of stormy, gloom-filled days, to suffer popular oppression, and the tortures of our hangmen.

    Poems of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Matterhorn 2009

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