7 books mention “Gibbet”.
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To Catch A Pirate
by Jade Parker
Gibbet: a hanging iron cage where corpses were placed to rot as a warning
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The Lord of the Rings: Book 2The Two Towers
Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Gibbet: A gallows-type structure from which the dead bodies of executed criminals were hung on public display.
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David Balfour: Book 1Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Gibbet: A gallows-type structure from which the dead bodies of executed criminals were hung on public display.
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Milton Chester Milodragovitch: Book 1The Wrong Case
by James Crumley
Gibbet: A gallows; an upright post with an arm or which the bodies of executed criminals were left...
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Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Gibbet: A T-shaped structure from which executed criminals were hung for the public to see.
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Dido's Prize
by Eugenia O'Neal
Gibbet: gallows 1a2 an upright post with a projecting arm for hanging the bodies of executed criminals...
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Witch Child
by E. Lloyd
Gibbet: a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung...
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