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English
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Etymology
Popular due to the internal rhyme of drop with stop.
Pronunciation
Noun
a short drop and a sudden stop
- (idiomatic) A fall to one's death by hanging.
1923, Austin B Griffin, Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, volume 203, page 885:I see, in other words, a short drop and then a sudden stop?
2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl:I intend to see to it that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves: A short drop and a sudden stop.
- 2005 January 8, “Bookman”, alt.fan.heinlein (Google group): Clarke Survives Tsunamis:
- > But, yeah, the death penalty is a little stiff just for pretentious writing.
> Punning now… it’d be a capital idea, there.
Let’s not start _that_ row. Give it a quick drop and a sudden stop, rather than letting them hang…
- 2006 Hirchak, John Hirchak. Ghosts of Old Wilmington, page 27 (The History Press; →ISBN, →ISBN):
- 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.