Usage examples for gallows
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But just bide here, while a gallows I prepare." – The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
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As the window of his prison was over thirty feet from the ground, and a sentinel with a carbine and revolver stood below, it was thought that the bird who had so frequently escaped his cage before was safe at last, and fairly on his way to the gallows. – Charlie to the Rescue by R.M. Ballantyne
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The menace of the cotton- wood gallows outrivalled even Maudie and her moods. – The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)