a quick drop and a sudden stop

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A fall to one’s death, especially by hanging

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.

a quick drop and a sudden stop

    Hyphenation

    a quick drop and a sud·den stop

    Turkish pronunciation

    ı kwîk drôp ınd ı sʌdın stäp

    Pronunciation

    /ə ˈkwək ˈdrôp ənd ə ˈsədən ˈstäp/ /ə ˈkwɪk ˈdrɔːp ənd ə ˈsʌdən ˈstɑːp/

    Etymology

    () Popular due to the internal rhyme of drop with stop.
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