death chair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of death chair
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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“He said no jury would ever sentence him to the death chair,” Skalnik testified, “because he’s 19 years old and because he’s got that little baby face.”
From New York Times
“I’m not worried about that death chair. You can sentence me to it, but you can’t take my life. It don’t belong to you. My soul, you can’t touch it.”
From The Guardian
Except in the case of infants or very small children the dead are not buried immediately, but are put into a death chair around which funeral rites are held.
From Project Gutenberg
They couldn’t put Lafe in a wicked death chair—they couldn’t.”
From Project Gutenberg
Even when the health authorities force immediate burial on account of danger from infectious diseases, the siling continues just the same with a dummy corpse in the death chair.
From Project Gutenberg
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