the guillotine

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The guy for whom this device was named said of it, "I can whisk off your head in a twinkling" & you won't feel it the guillotine $200 J EPONYMS 2017-04-04 #7502
This execution device was named for a French doctor who advocated its use, not its inventor the guillotine $400 DJ EPONYMS 1991-06-19 #1583
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