underhangmen

hang·man

[hang-muhn for 1; hang-man for 2]
noun, plural hang·men. for 1.
1.
a person who hangs criminals who are condemned to death; public executioner.
2.
a word game in which one player selects a word that the other player must guess by supplying each of its letters: for each incorrect guess a part of a stick figure of a hanged, man is drawn.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see hang, man1

un·der·hang·man, noun, plural un·der·hang·men.
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hangman (ˈhæŋmən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -men
an official who carries out a sentence of hanging on condemned criminals

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Underhangmen is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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