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necktie-party

necktie-party is the alternative form of necktie party.

Meaning of necktie party

Noun

necktie party (plural necktie parties)

  1. (US, dated, idiomatic) An execution by hanging, especially a lynching.
    • "I expect I'll have an invite to a necktie-party some day. . . . I'm always afraid the wrong necktie will be mine. Were you ever lynched?"1904, B. M. Bower, “The Lamb”, in The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories

Forms of necktie-party

pluralnecktie-parties

Questions about necktie-party

What is necktie-party the alternative form of?
Necktie-party is the alternative form of necktie party.

Words near necktie-party in the dictionary

  1. necktie party
  2. necktie sociable
  3. necktie social
  4. necktie socials
  5. necktie-parties
  6. necktie-party
  7. necktied
  8. necktieless
  9. neckties
  10. necktooth
  11. neckverse

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