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hangman

[hang-muhn, hang-man] / ˈhæŋ mən, ˈhæŋˌmæn /
NOUN
garroter
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Even the widely despised Chun escaped the hangman.

From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Organizers tried getting students who might feel bashful online to at least try a game of hangman or charades.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2021

The Good Lord Bird opens with Brown climbing a scaffold and, right before the hangman puts a hood over his head, saying, “What a beautiful country.”

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2020

A notebook and other items belonging to Britain's most famous hangman has sold at auction for £20,000.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2019

The paper was covered in her work trying to decode it, which looked like a bunch of unfinished hangman games minus the hanging men.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman