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stretches hemp

stretches hemp is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stretch hemp.

Meaning of stretch hemp

Verb

stretch hemp (third-person singular simple present stretches hemp, present participle stretching hemp, simple past and past participle stretched hemp)

  1. To be hanged.
    • If that fellow comes up here, he will see us; if we let him go the Johnnies will have us, and inside of twenty-four hours we will have been tried by a drumhead court-martial and the whole six of us sentenced to stretch hemp. Now, it is better, in my opinion, that he should stretch hemp than we six...1882, William Rattle Plum, The Military Telegraph During the Civil War in the United States

Questions about stretches hemp

What is stretches hemp the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stretches hemp is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stretch hemp.

Words near stretches hemp in the dictionary

  1. stretchermen
  2. stretchers
  3. stretches
  4. stretches a point
  5. stretches forth
  6. stretches hemp
  7. stretches it out
  8. stretches one's legs
  9. stretches one's wings
  10. stretches out
  11. stretches rope

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