of gallows
91gallows bird — noun A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be hanged …
92Gallows — Heb. ets, meaning a tree (Esther 6:4), a post or gibbet. In Gen. 40:19 and Deut. 21:22 the word is rendered tree …
93gallows — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gibbet, scaffold, crosstree, hanging tree, yardarm. See punishment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gibbet, scaffold, yardarm, hangman s tree, Tyburn Tree, tree, noose, halter, drop* …
94gallows — gal|lows [ gælouz ] (plural gal|lows) noun count a wooden frame used for killing criminals by hanging them from it with a rope around their neck …
95gallows'\ humor — n. phr. Bitter joke(s) that make fun of a very serious matter, e.g. death, imprisonment, etc. When the criminal was led to the electric chair on Monday morning, he said, Nice way to start the week, Eh? …
96gallows — sb. HD. 1161 …
97gallows — gal·lows || gæləʊz n. wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging; execution by hanging …
98gallows bird — person who deserves to be executed by hanging …
99gallows humor — morbid humor, black humor …
100gallows look — murderous look …
