slipperingn.
Beating with a slipper.
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slippering1851
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick iv. 29 Beseeching her as a particular favour to give me a good slippering for my misbehaviour.
1919 H. Walpole Jeremy ii. 33 A slippering from his father or idiotic punishments from the Jampot.
1934 M. V. Hughes London Child of Seventies iv. 35 A threatened ‘slippering’ of the boys by my father if they are too noisy.
1953 J. Cary Except the Lord ix. 32 Beating was a punishment that could be graded from a random cuff.., through a hard smack, to a formal slippering.
1972 Times 9 Oct. 13/5 Children..respected striking or slippering as common..in their schools.
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