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Garotte   Listen
Garotte

noun
1.
An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.  Synonyms: garrote, garrotte, iron collar.





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"Garotte" Quotes from Famous Books



... conversing, all our company departed. Arrived at the gymnasium, we stripped; the finger-wrench, the garotte, the standing- grip, each had its votaries; one oiled and suppled his joints; another punched the bladder; a third heaved and swung the dumb-bells. Then, when we had rubbed ourselves, and ridden pick-a-back, ...
— Works, V2 • Lucian of Samosata


Words linked to "Garotte" :   throttle, strangle, strangulate, instrument of execution


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