Gallows
61gallows humor — noun : humor that makes fun of very serious or terrifying situations * * * noun [noncount] : humor that relates to very serious or frightening things (such as death and illness) * * * ˌgallows ˈhumour f7 [gallows humour] (especially US ˌgallows… …
62Gallows Pond — Infobox lake lake name = Gallows Pond image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry= location = Plymouth, Massachusetts coords = coord|41|51|45|N|70|37|00|W|type:waterbody region:US source:gnis|display=inline,title type =… …
63gallows tree — a gallows. Also, gallow tree. [bef. 900; ME galwe tree, OE galgtreow, equiv. to galg(a) GALLOWS + treow TREE] * * * …
64gallows frame — I. noun see gallows bitt II. noun see gallows I, 2c * * * Mining. headframe. [1880 85] …
65gallows-foot — gallˈows foot noun The space at the foot of the gallows • • • Main Entry: ↑gallows …
66gallows-ripe — gallˈows ripeˈ adjective Ready for the gallows • • • Main Entry: ↑gallows …
67gallows tree — noun see gallows I …
68gallows humor — noun Comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of, and in response to, a horrible, deathly, tragic, dramatic, perfectly hopeless situation. Author Neumann defiantly admits why he wrote this historical romantic farce: Because I wanted to… …
69gallows tree — noun another term for gallows …
70gallows humour — British & Australian, American & Australian humour that makes unpleasant things, such as death, seem funny. Many of the patients I worked with knew they were dying. There was a lot of gallows humour …
