skimmington
noun
skim·ming·ton
ˈskimiŋtən
plural -s
1
: one publicly impersonating and ridiculing a henpecked or cuckolded husband or his shrewish or unfaithful wife
2
dialectal, England : a boisterous procession intended to ridicule an unfaithful spouse or a shrewish wife often with effigies and a mock serenade
Word History
Etymology
skimming (from gerund of skim entry 1) + -ton (as in surnames such as Washington); from the practice of representing the woman as beating her husband with a skimming ladle
- going forth
- going forward
- going full speed ahead
- going in
- going in (on)
- going in for
- going in on
- going light
- going like clockwork
- going nowhere fast
- going off
- going off the deep end
- going on
- going on the dole
- going one better
- going out
- going out (with)
- going out with
- going over
- going public
- going public (with)
- going public with
- going rate
- going spare
- going steady