hangman

Converse of object

• escape: They escape the hangman twice only to find themselves in a town under siege.
• play: On the question board at Bawarla, I brought along a test and we played hangman.
• cheat: A fifth, Louis Lingg, cheated the hangman by killing himself in prison.
• say: I soon learned why Christina ( the previous gapper ) had left a note saying leave hangman as a last resort.
• see: Johnson did see the hangman on the 15th December 1925.
• face: Baby farmer Amelia Dyer is set to face the hangman 's noose for the murder of a baby.

Converse of subject

• burn: It appeared in 1751, but because of its Jacobite sentiments, it was burnt by the public hangman in Edinburgh.

Adjective modifier

• prolific: Albert Pierrepoint was, by far, Britain's most prolific hangman.
• common: The victim was a condemned murderer; the man paid to strangle him was the common hangman.
• last: Neither was he, contrary to widespread belief, Britain's last hangman.
• public: Susannah Wells, who was also vindicated, was less fortunate as she had already been branded by the public hangman.
• amateur: What did those charged with capital crimes think, as they sought justice from a system which stood them before an experienced amateur hangman?
• infamous: Daley was hanged by the infamous English hangman, William Marwood on a scaffold erected at the North end of the jail.

Modifies a noun

• game: How would I be able to get your hangman game?
• puzzle: Earn Sheriff's badges to guess letters from the hangman puzzle, or even use them to guess the entire puzzle.
• word: Players aim to earn Sheriffs badges to guess a letter from the hangman word.

Noun used with modifier

• century: The 19 th Century hangman William Marwood devised a method called ' the long drop ' that killed prisoners quickly by breaking their necks.

Possessives

• noose: Baby farmer Amelia Dyer is set to face the hangman's noose for the murder of a baby.
• rope: Can he escape from their clutches before it is too late or will he face the hangman's rope?
• hand: Was that because British leaders could be sure from that moment on that they would not fall into the hangman's hands?