Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stretch hemp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: stretch hemp
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be hanged.

Example Sentences

"If that fellow comes up here, he will see us; if we let him go the Johnnies will have us, and inside of twenty-four hours we will have been tried by a drumhead court-martial and the whole six of us sentenced to stretch hemp. Now, it is better, in my opinion, that he should stretch hemp than we six; so, if he comes up here, I'll put this noose around his neck and the first chance we get we will jump him into the river."

Etymology

Ropes of the gallows would often be made from hemp.

Inflected Forms

stretches hemp (present, singular) stretching hemp (participle, present) stretched hemp (participle, past) stretched hemp (past)

Synonyms

wag hemp dance on a rope dance on nothing dance the hempen jig dance the Tyburn jig dance upon nothing dangle hang ride a horse foaled by an acorn stretch hemp string up swing

Questions

What does stretch hemp mean?: To be hanged.
Where does stretch hemp come from?: Ropes of the gallows would often be made from hemp.

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