Hangman

There are many simple games which can be played with just paper and pencil, such as hangman and tic-tac-toe (sometimes called naughts and crosses).

When we're bored, we play hangman.

I'd rather be hanged than be a hangman.

I'd rather be hanged than a hangman.

Miroslav was a good hangman.

One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other, As they had seen me with these hangman's hands.

I also asked some Royal Academicians to view it, viz. Northcote, Cosway, &c. who approved of it much: it is well composed, and beautifully coloured; but the hangmen at the Exhibition have not hung it in a conspicuous situation; it is placed in an ante-room, and pretty high […].