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garotte

[ guh-rot, -roht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, ga·rot·ted, ga·rot·ting.

garotte

/ ɡəˈrɒt /

Is he like Duclosse the mealman, or Lajeunesse the blacksmith, or Garotte the lime-burner-and the rest?

After this semi-religious procession, evening brought the march of Garotte's Kalathumpians.

For Americans who had dared to revolt, there was the gibbet and the garotte, or imprisonment in a dreary dungeon.

The pirates were defeated; Lopez was made prisoner, and died by the garotte, at Havana, on the 1st of September.

He would come stealthily into my room and garotte me in a conversational way.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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