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In a passive hanging, without the drop, which is what Caradine did, you either asphyxiate or have a VBA stroke then or up to 24 hours later if the hangee gets loose.
asphyxiation – a breathtaking experience | My[confined]Space 2009
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SHEE nebber tride 2 jump on deh hangee plant agin, but I can still see her face when she waz swinging der dis waz sum 20 yearz ago….
My cute innocent face - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I axshully knowded a guy hoos hangee-downer wuz uzed by kitteh as cat-toy.
WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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EXECUTION, n. a hanging that can decapitate the hangee.
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EXECUTION, n. a hanging that can decapitate the hangee.
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EXECUTION, n. a hanging that can decapitate the hangee.
Think Progress » Santorum: Bush’s Iraq Approach Is ‘Lincolnesque’ 2007
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The guy's son runs out to cut him down and just then the hangee animates and the son gets bit.
Archive 2005-11-01 KaneCitizen 2005
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The _hangee_ was, I believe, (_as it happened_) in reality a rebel.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 559, July 28, 1832 Various
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Felonious takin's-off has be'n common enough, but there hasn't no hangin's resulted, for the reason that in every case the hangee has got friends or relations of votin 'influence.
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The nephew answered, "No catchee -- no hangee, Uncle;" but did have the contrary fortune of capturing the uncle, whom he released on parole.
Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 Anna Green Winslow 1881
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