单词 | across one's knee |
释义 | > as lemmasacross one's knee d. across one's knee, (of someone, esp. a child) placed face-down on the knee(s) to be spanked. ΚΠ 1866 Mrs. H. Wood Elster's Folly III. vii. 171 She put him across her knee, pulled off an old slipper she was wearing, and gave him a sound whipping with its fat sole. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin ix. 154 If yer don't stop it I'll put yer across my knee an' give yer wot for. 1936 ‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death xiii. 230 Manny's the time I've had him across me knee—and Miss Judith, too—and belted them with a slipper. 1959 I. Fleming Goldfinger ix. 126 This one has got to go dead or I'll put you across my knee. < as lemmas |
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