Meaning of a short drop and a sudden stop | Babel Free

Definitions

A fall to one's death by hanging.

idiomatic

Examples

“I see, in other words, a short drop and then a sudden stop?”

“I intend to see to it that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves: A short drop and a sudden stop.”

“> But, yeah, the death penalty is a little stiff just for pretentious writing. > Punning now… it’d be a capital idea, there. Let’s not start _that_ row. Give it a quick drop and a sudden stop, rather than letting them hang…”

“If you were lucky enough to survive all this lunacy, you always risked capture. There your story would end with a quick drop and a sudden stop, for piracy was punishable by hanging.”

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