| 单词 | whipping-post |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhipping-post whipping-post n. a post set up, usually in a public place, to which offenders are or were tied to be whipped. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whipping-post or tripod pillara1475 rogue stob1550 post1555 whipping-post1600 whipping-stock1615 fork1619 whipstock1619 flogging-stake1785 flogging-block1827 triangle1847 whipping-pole1862 1600 Newe Metamorphosis Be brought to th' whipping post..And as a rogue stande ready to be whipt. 1741 P. Tailfer et al. Narr. Georgia 37 Irons, Whipping-Posts, Gibbets, &c. were provided. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. ii. 15 He never was flogged, but it was a wonder how he escaped the whipping-post. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. ii. 20 No whipping-post..could have been leaner than Mrs. Newcome. < as lemmas |
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