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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • (South African) Describing a method of murder.

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Noun:

  • An article of jewelry/jewellery that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
  • figuratively Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
  • (South African) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's neck, and set on fire.

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Verb:

  • (South African) To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.

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