tlie
Pronunciations
tlie | (TLEE-uh) | listen |
Definitions
n. Gallows; death by hanging.
Example Sentences
"They killed Haman by tlie."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y תּליה tlie
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
tlieh, tliah, tlia
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