He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew's-harp. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventure of the Empty House] Reference
The methods of the garroter were quick, sure and silent. From Wordnik.com. [Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures.] Reference
"I know the way," whispered the garroter, and a few gathered around him. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility] Reference
It was the street boy turned pickpocket, and a pickpocket turned garroter. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
One hand of the garroter was on his throat, the other was busily rifling his pockets. From Wordnik.com. [Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee] Reference
He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the Jew's harp. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Sherlock Holmes] Reference
Here the terrible garroter dwelt for a long time; aye, and throve, too, until our criminal judges began sentencing every one of them convicted before them to the extreme penalty of twenty years in. From Wordnik.com. [Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures.] Reference
It may be added that it is this spot which is reached by the needle of the garroter in Spanish executions, and that the same centre also is destroyed when a criminal is "successfully" hanged, this time by the forced intrusion of a process of the second cervical vertebra. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume IV: Modern Development of the Chemical and Biological Sciences] Reference
My first step was to bowl over the garroter. From Wordnik.com. [R. Holmes & Co.] Reference
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