Usually means: Execution method using significant height.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (long drop)

noun:  (Australia, New Zealand) An outhouse; a pit latrine.
noun:  (UK, historical) A technique for execution by hanging, according to which the individual's height and weight were used to determine how much slack would be provided in the rope, to ensure breaking of the neck without decapitation.

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