Old Sparky

proper noun

Nickname for an electric chair used for executions.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. USslangNickname for an electric chair used for executions.

    […]and I think that, for most of those men, the truth of what was happening to them finally hit all the way home when their ankles were being clamped to the stout oak of “Old Sparky’s” legs.

    1996, Stephen King, The Green Mile, page 3
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APA

Old Sparky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Sparky

MLA

“Old Sparky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Sparky. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old Sparky,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Sparky.

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