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- noun Plural form of
garotte .
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Examples
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How I dreamt of electrified tripwires and chickenwire garottes.
Une Saison en Enfer Hal Duncan 2005
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How I dreamt of electrified tripwires and chickenwire garottes.
Archive 2005-07-01 Hal Duncan 2005
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Only his were real: Mickey himself, Cohen goons armed with icepicks and saps and garottes and silencered heaters that could leave you dead in a crowd, a heart attack victim, squarejohns summoning an ambulance while the triggerman walked away.
The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988
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They should have brought one of the garottes that travelled with the Spanish army, sat the Englishman in its chair, and slowly, slowly tightened the screw that would break his neck.
Sharpe's Honour Cornwell, Bernard 1985
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