ELECTRIC CHAIR
NOUNS
► BAKER the electric chair → 1950 US criminals’ sl.
► ELECTRIC CURE electrocution in the electric chair → E20 US criminals’ sl.
► HUMMING BIRD the electric chair → L19 US prison sl.
► OLD SMOKEY ► OLD SMOKY the electric chair → 1923 sl.
► OLD SPARKY the electric chair → 1923 sl.
► OLD TOASTY the electric chair → 2001 US sl.
► SALT CREEK execution in the electric chair → 1910s US criminals’ sl.
► SIZZLE SEAT the electric chair; punishment by electrocution → 1982 US sl.
► SPARKIE ► SPARKY the electric chair → 1970s US prison sl.
► THE CHAIR an electric chair; hence, death by electrocution → 1895 US colloq.
► THE EDISON SPECIAL death in the electric chair → 1974 US prison sl.
► THE HOT CHAIR the electric chair → 1925 sl.
► THE HOT SEAT the electric chair → 1925 sl.
► THE HOT SQUAT the electric chair → 1925 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► STATE ELECTRICIAN the executioner in a state using electrocution in the electric chair for capital punishment → 1982 US sl.
VERBS
► BAKE to execute in the electric chair → 1950s US prison sl.
► BURN 1. to die by electrocution in the electric chair → Bk1990 Amer. criminal sl.
2. to execute someone in the electric chair → Bk1990 Amer. criminal sl.
► COOK to put to death in the electric chair → 1930s Amer. sl.
► FRY to execute or be executed in the electric chair → 1928 US sl.
► NUKE to execute in the electric chair → 1992 US sl.
► RIDE THE LIGHTNING to be executed in the electric chair → 1935 US sl.
► SIZZLE to be electrocuted; to die in the electric chair → M20 US criminals’ sl.
► SQUAT HOT to be executed in the electric chair → 1943 US sl.
► TAKE THE ELECTRIC CURE to be executed in the electric chair; to be electrocuted → 1929 US prison & criminals’ sl.
► TAKE THE HOT SEAT to be electrocuted → 1930 US criminals’ sl.
► TOP to receive capital punishment; to go to the electric chair → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
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