"Florida flambe" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Florida flambes [plural], Florida flambé [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Florida flambe (plural Florida flambes)
  1. (derogatory) Burning (catching fire) during execution by electric chair. Wikipedia link: Capital punishment in Florida, Old Sparky Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Crime, Death, Fire
    Sense id: en-Florida_flambe-en-noun-jdzvd2TM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1997 June 6, Elizabeth Jarnagin, “Pro-life consistency means opposing death penalty”, in Amarillo Globe-News:",
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