lethal chamber
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lethal chamber
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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In a fine moment burlesquing death-cell stoicism, Hope, getting ready for San Quentin's lethal chamber, sneers his low opinion of jails that haven't even changed over to electricity.
From Time Magazine Archive
How could they accompany him to the lethal chamber, if it were an ordinary working-day, with every moment of the time mapped out for them?
From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
This has practically nothing to recommend it, except that it is effective—an argument that can also be made for the "lethal chamber."
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
Not mad enough for the lethal chamber: not sane enough for any place but the division lobby.
From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard
I date from that hour Miss Goucher's abandonment of her predilection for the lethal chamber; at least, she never spoke of it again.
From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson
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