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garotte
[ guh-rot, -roht ]
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Derived Forms
- gaˈrotter, noun
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Other Words From
- ga·rotter noun
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Example Sentences
Is he like Duclosse the mealman, or Lajeunesse the blacksmith, or Garotte the lime-burner-and the rest?
After this semi-religious procession, evening brought the march of Garotte's Kalathumpians.
For Americans who had dared to revolt, there was the gibbet and the garotte, or imprisonment in a dreary dungeon.
The pirates were defeated; Lopez was made prisoner, and died by the garotte, at Havana, on the 1st of September.
He would come stealthily into my room and garotte me in a conversational way.
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