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    What does 'dreadful tales of hanging, plank walking' mean

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    The "hanging" is killing someone by tieing a noose round their neck and choking them to death. Walking the plank is placing a plank at side of ship out into the water and forcing someone to walk along it and fall in the water resulting in them drowning.

    lheonie

    thank you very much for answering all my questions! you've helped me a lot!

    more power to you

    You,re welcome, enjoy the book, Stevenson was one of my favourite authors when I was younger.



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