英和和英

名詞

executioning (countable and uncountable, plural executionings)

1. (dialectal) capital punishment
   • 1898, Matilda Betham-Edwards, chapter XXVIII, in A Storm-rent Sky: Scenes of Love and Revolution‎, London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, page 290:

     ‘I never went from my word that I know of, and times have changed since you last did a little executioning on your own account. I should not rest in my grave were you strung up for me,’ groaned the schoolmaster.

   • 1999 April 27, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, 2:59 from the start, in Wes Archer, director, Death and Texas (King of the Hill), season 3, episode 22, spoken by Dale Gribble (Johnny Hardwick), 20th Century Fox:

     Executioning: for us exterminators, that’s the major league. The show.