necktie party

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nounOlder Slang.
  1. a lynching or other execution by hanging.

Origin of necktie party

1
First recorded in 1830–40

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How to use necktie party in a sentence

  • "Get a move on you, Mr. Struve, unless you want to figure in a necktie party," he advised.

    A Texas Ranger | William MacLeod Raine
  • Bart seethed with rage and nearly came to blows with a number of vociferous agitators who were advocating a necktie-party.

  • Some of the boys had notions of a necktie party, but they're a little shy of sand.

    A Texas Ranger | William MacLeod Raine
  • Well, did you take him back to the ranch for a necktie party, or did you bury him in the gulch?

    Oh, You Tex! | William Macleod Raine
  • This ain't no necktie party that you're asked to assist in!'

    Dracula's Guest | Bram Stoker