| 单词 | six of the best |
| 释义 | > as lemmassix of the best (ii) Chiefly British. A specified number of blows administered with a cane or other instrument as punishment. Frequently in six of the best (cf. sixer n. 2d). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of threshingOE fustigation1428 breeching1520 trouncingc1550 bace1575 firking1594 belting1602 knave's grease1602 oil of baston1604 oil of birch1604 oil of hazel1604 oil of holly1604 oil of whip1604 lamb-pie1607 lamming1611 drubbing1650 vapulation1656 warming1681 floggation1688 working over1695 cullis1719 thrashing1720 halberd1756 licking1756 dressing1769 leathering1790 nointing1794 dusting1799 teasing1807 hiding1809 whopping1812 thrumming1823 toco1823 flaking1829 teaser1832 lathering1835 welting1840 pasting1851 towelling1851 whaling1852 hickory oil1855 swishing1859 slating1860 going-over1881 six of the best1912 belt beating1928 ass-kicking1943 stomping1958 seeing to1968 butt-kicking1970 1912 ‘Saki’ Unbearable Bassington ii. 29 You'll get six of the very best, over the back of a chair. 1923 R. Kipling Land & Sea Tales 110 I got nine cuts of the best from the Senior Sub for occupying the bathroom ten seconds too long. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking ix. 297 He was..an officious little devil who needed six of the best with a fives-bat. 1958 ‘A. Pearson’ Whipping Club iii. 49 Down with your trousers, Bill. Ten of the best. 1989 W. Soyinka Ìsarà iv. 118 Akinyode gave him, as he was fond of putting it, ‘twelve of the best’, then sent him back to class to complete his interrupted papers. 2012 Independent 18 Feb. 19/3 In his day, it was six of the best from the headmaster. < as lemmas |
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