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hanging basket
hanging belay
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hanging stance
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hangman

hangman [ hángmən ] (plural hangmen [ hángmən ])


noun 
Definition:
 
1. executioner: an official who carries out the death penalty of hanging

2. letter game: a game in which one player has to guess the letters of a word before the other player has drawn a stylized gallows, with one line for every wrong guess

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