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Electric chair   /ɪlˈɛktrɪk tʃɛr/   Listen
Electric chair

noun
1.
An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person.  Synonyms: chair, death chair, hot seat.






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"Electric chair" Quotes from Famous Books



... who'd taken Professor Lightning's place—a tall thin youngster who had an Electric Chair act. Or like the periodic quarrels between Ned and Ed; it seemed they'd met a girl over the winter season, and disagreed about her. Ed thought she was perfectly wonderful; Ned ...
— Charley de Milo • Laurence Mark Janifer AKA Larry M. Harris

... at last, Elaine sank down into a deep library chair and stared straight ahead. She saw visions of arrest and trial, of the terrible electric chair with herself in it, bound, and of the giving of the fatal signal ...
— The Exploits of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve

... awful responsibility under which he labored; the overwhelming and damning evidence against his client; the terrible consequences of the least mistake that he might make; the fact that only the sword of his ability, and his alone, stood between Angelo and a hideous death by fire in the electric chair—sobered and chastened him. Had he been a praying man in that moment he would ...
— Tutt and Mr. Tutt • Arthur Train



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