stretch hemp

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stretch hemp

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Ropes of the gallows would often be made from hemp.

verb stretches hemp · stretching hemp · stretched hemp

To be hanged. 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;
Similar: 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

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@misc{stretch_hemp_2026,
  title = {stretch hemp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stretch%20hemp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}