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- verb Present participle of
horsewhip . - noun A beating with a horsewhip.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of whipping with a horsewhip
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Examples
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"Why, now I bethink me, he _was_ present," replied Blaize, involuntarily putting his hand to his shoulder, as he recalled the horsewhipping he had received on that occasion.
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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Do ascertain the truth before you do anything violent, such as horsewhipping or poisoning. '
Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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Ugadale Arms Hotel unattractive horsewhipping episode
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Ugadale Arms Hotel unattractive horsewhipping episode
The Cards 2009
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Ugadale Arms Hotel unattractive horsewhipping episode
Broken China 2009
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Mr. Pearson was not quite as lucky two years later, when — possibly emboldened by his success with McAlister against Loughnan, and the abrupt and helpful findings of Mr. Justice à Beckett — our great great grandfather was convicted of assault in an ugly horsewhipping episode.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Ugadale Arms Hotel unattractive horsewhipping episode
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Ugadale Arms Hotel unattractive horsewhipping episode
Scarlet Heels 2009
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At others he gave them “a good horsewhipping,” in the hope of deflecting pressures to fire them.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Ugadale Arms Hotel unattractive horsewhipping episode
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