a (real) frog-strangler

A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real frog-strangler out there today—looks like we'll have to have our barbecue another day. There's no way I'm biking to work in a frog-strangler like this! That storm was a frog-strangler all right—I could hardly see the road in front of me on my drive!

a (real) toad-strangler

A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real toad-strangler out there today—looks like we'll have to have our barbecue another day. There's no way I'm biking to work in a toad-strangler like this! That storm was a toad-strangler all right—I could hardly see the road in front of me on my drive!

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These days, The Stranglers are JJ, Baz Warne (guitar and vocals), Jet Black (drums) and Dave Greenfield (keyboards).

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But The Cure reportedly didn't want to play before The Stranglers, or share the same bill.

We were the spawn of the Devil!

If you go to a Stranglers concert I don't think you would expect to listen to an hour and a half of Golden Brown.

The Stranglers in Dubai: Flag-bearers of punk music

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The Boston Strangler allegedly killed 11 women between the ages of 19 and 85 between 1962 and 1964.

Body of alleged Boston Strangler to be exhumed for DNA confirmation

DeSalvo claimed to be the Boston Strangler. When his photograph was splashed across newspapers and television screens, the Jungers were startled.

A Death in Belmont

But before you start feeling too sorry for him, remember - they don't call him the Strangler because he gives slightly overthe-top hugs.

WISTERIA STRANGER; YOUR TV

PHOTO : Hugo ripped fronds from palms and uprooted strangler figs like this one next to local Global ReLeaf[R] coordinator Ana Vergara.

In Hugo's wake

On June 14, 1962, divorcee Anna Slesers had become the first known victim of the Boston Strangler.

Worlds worst: THE BOSTON STRANGLER - 13 killings, 300 rapes: Brutal reign of terror that brought city to a standstill; Serial killers, cold-blooded murderers and gun-toting gangsters. Each week former top West Midlands detective JOHN PLIMMER looks at the most notorious criminal figures of the last century -and how they were caught

Even the famously self-confident Piers Morgan seems a little uncertain when hecomes face-to-face with the infamous 'Kansas City Strangler' Lorenzo Gilyard for a chilling interview behind bars PIERS MORGAN is not a man who is easily fazed - he's spent time with President Donald Trump remember - but even he looks nervous as he prepares to meet a notorious serial killer.

BAD COMPANY; PICK OF THE DAY SERIAL KILLER ITV, 9pm

Steve Wright, who became known as the Suffolk Strangler, was given a life sentence after snatching the women from the streets of Ipswich in a sixweek killing spree.

Dad begs 'Strangler' son to admit murders 10 years on

POLICE hunting the Suffolk strangler claimed yesterday that they are closing the net on him.

NET CLOSES ON THE STRANGLER; Cops have 'fewer than 50' suspects

Dominic Devine, dubbed the Beast of Ibrox, and "laughing strangler" Billy Stewart used training for freedom placements to smuggle to order.

Baseball bat killer sets up drug ring; Jail warders are fighting losing battle