gallows

Schrader, who turns 80 in July, spoke about the coming upheaval with a mixture of fascination, resignation and dry gallows humor.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

With typical gallows humour, Glaswegians dubbed it the "Death Star" after the Empire space station in the Star Wars film.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

For local establishments, the newly offered specials are part gallows humor, part business gamble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

Newsrooms being breeding grounds for gallows humor, most also understand that futility is a terrific comedy catalyst.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025

The wardrobe shook again, though not as much as Neville, who walked forward as though he were heading for the gallows.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

The cross-pieces on the small bitts at the main and fore hatchways in flush-decked vessels, for stowing away the booms and spars over the boats; also termed gallowses, gallows-tops, gallows-bitts, and gallows-stanchions.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

The comical little fellow wore an unbleached cotton shirt, and tattered pantaloons, with home-made suspenders or "gallowses."

From Queer Stories for Boys and Girls by Edward Eggleston

Tildy and Johnny were married, and Johnny's gallowses never creaked any more.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 by Various

She knows how to deal with such gallowses; and they will keep her to cook their dinner.

From Erema — My Father's Sin by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

"I wear gallowses no more," he explained, lifting his waistcoat to show that his braces now encircled him as a belt, but even then she did not understand.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie