How Tom Dooley ended up

• Like the man on one of the tarot cards
• Like the man on the twelfth trump in a tarot deck
• The __ Man: Major Arcana card
• The _____ Man (tarot card)
• Sent to the gallows
• Like many a Western bandit

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"put to death by hanging," late 15c., past participle of hang (v.). As an expletive, from 1887.

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hang \Hang\ (h[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hanged (h[a^]ngd) or Hung (h[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Hanging . Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.] [OE. ...