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necktie party

necktie party noun: an execution by hanging, especially a lynching.

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
    • I made my jail break just in time to keep from being invited as chief guest to a necktie party.1910, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 3, in A Texas Ranger

Examples of necktie party in a sentence

  • Said Shupe: "It sure looked like a necktie party was being organized.1958 July 21, “Foreign Relations: Back from Russia”, in Time:
  • The necktie party is followed by shootings, stabbings and a smorgasbord of violence.2011 January 17, Paul Andersen, “Cultural necrophilia”, in Aspen Times, USA, retrieved 30 Jun 2011:

Forms of necktie party

pluralnecktie parties
alternative formnecktie-party

Questions about necktie party

What does necktie party mean?
Necktie party means an execution by hanging, especially a lynching.
How do you use necktie party in a sentence?
Said Shupe: "It sure looked like a necktie party was being organized.
What part of speech is necktie party?
Necktie party is a noun.
What is the plural of necktie party?
The plural of necktie party is necktie parties.

Words near necktie party in the dictionary

  1. neckstraps
  2. neckteeth
  3. necktie
  4. necktie paradox
  5. necktie parties
  6. necktie party
  7. necktie sociable
  8. necktie social
  9. necktie socials
  10. necktie-parties
  11. necktie-party

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