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frog-march, frog's-march, n.
1. A movement forward in frog fashion.
1880Sir S. Lakeman Kaffir-land iv. 26 He had had a frog's march—that is to say, on hands, belly, and knees.
2. slang. The method of carrying a drunken or refractory prisoner face downwards between four men, each holding a limb.
1871Evening Standard 18 Apr. 5/4 They did not give the defendant the ‘Frog's March’. 1882Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 3/2 Treating a refractory toper to the frog's-march, by carrying him, face downwards, to the station. 1885in West. Morn. News 2 Jan. 7/3 What is known as the ‘frog's-march’.
Hence frog-march, frog's-march v. trans., to carry (a prisoner) face downwards; now usually, to hustle (a person) forward after seizing him from behind and pinning his arms together; frog-marching vbl. n.
1884B'ham Weekly Post 15 Nov. 3/7 Deceased was ‘frog's-marched’—that is, with face downwards—from Deal to Walmer. 1894Times 8 May 13/6 Death was accelerated by the ‘frog-marching’. 1931J. Ferguson Death comes to Perigord viii. 97 Cæsar slewed him round, and forcing both arms behind his back, got ready to frog-march him to the door. 1935D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xxi. 446 Someone seized her round the neck from behind and frog's-marched her off to the cellar. 1952B. Hamilton So Sad, so Fresh xii. 84 We took complete charge..frogs-marching Marya to the piano. 1965Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Aug. 715/4 When I was at school in Yorkshire to be frog-marched meant that one's arms were secured behind one's back by a heftier fellow than oneself and one was propelled forward by the tormentor's knee being applied regularly and forcibly to one's behind. 1969R. F. Delderfield Come Home Charlie viii. 89 He..took me by the collar and the seat of my pants and frogmarched me the length of the café. |