单词 | death cell |
释义 | > as lemmasdeath cell death cell n. a cell occupied by a prisoner who has been sentenced to death or is awaiting execution. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > cell > for those condemned to death condemned cell1818 salt-box1819 death cell1825 Murderers' Row1871 death row1894 1825 T. Doubleday Babington ii. iv. 105 They drag them to their death-cells through the streets. 1863 R. Therry Reminscences Thirty Years' Resid. New South Wales i. 22 The day before the one fixed for his execution Webber sent..an earnest request that I should visit him in the death-cell. 1938 S. Fisher in O. Penzler Black Lizard Big Bk. of Pulps (2007) 482/1 I kept watching the clock..and thinking of Tommy up there in San Quentin in the death cell pacing back and forth. 2012 Sun (Nexis) 11 Nov. 54 In the town hall at Poperinge are two death cells where British soldiers awaited firing squads. < as lemmas |
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