English Explanatory Dictionary

Stolypin's necktie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A noose.

Word forms

Stolypin's necktie

Etymology

From the fact that Pyotr Stolypin's policies produced thousands of executions by hanging.

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