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Meaning of Old Sparky | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Nickname for an electric chair used for executions.

Examples

“[…]and I think that, for most of those men, the truth of what was happening to them finally hit all the way home when their ankles were being clamped to the stout oak of “Old Sparky’s” legs.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

old sport old stager Old Station old stick Old Stone Age Old Strait

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