spacing n. 2
the act of executing a person by forcing them into space without a spacesuit; cf. space v. 2
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1972
David Gerrold
βHey, does anybody know what the penalty for mutiny is?β βLast I heard, it was death by spacing.β
Yesterday's Children 122 -
1987
Thomas R. McDonough
bibliography
But what do you know about spacing? Have you ever been trapped in a vacuum with only seconds of air left?
Architects of Hyperspace 62
Research requirements
antedating 1972
Earliest cite
D. Gerrold 'Starhunt'
Research History
Katrina Campbell submitted a cite from a 1985 reprint of David Gerrold's "Starhunt"; Douglas Winston verified the cite in the 1972 first edition, which was published as "Yesterday's Children".We would like cites of any date from other sources.
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