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单词 hookswinging
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hookswinging

[ hook-swing-ing ]
/ ˈhʊkˌswɪŋ ɪŋ /

noun

a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.

Origin of hookswinging

First recorded in 1890–95; hook1 + swing1 + -ing1

Words nearby hookswinging

hooknose, Hook of Holland, hook or crook, Hooks, hook shot, hookswinging, hooktender, hook-tip, hookup, hookworm, hookworm disease
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