electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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The few remaining specialty stores—places such as Balloon Saloon, the Fountain Pen Hospital, Gramercy Typewriter Company—have charmed their way out of the electric chair, if not exactly off death row.
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Nathan King, airmail.news, 20 Apr. 2024
The last three died by the electric chair, which those on death row can choose as their method of execution.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2024
But the state legislature passed a shield law last year allowing officials to keep lethal injection drug suppliers private and the state Supreme Court ruled that the electric chair and firing squad would also be available as execution methods.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair.
—Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Nathan King, airmail.news, 20 Apr. 2024
The last three died by the electric chair, which those on death row can choose as their method of execution.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2024
But the state legislature passed a shield law last year allowing officials to keep lethal injection drug suppliers private and the state Supreme Court ruled that the electric chair and firing squad would also be available as execution methods.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair.
—Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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