horsewhipping
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Dozens of readers are arguing about the credibility of the plot line that saw Thomas’ misunderstanding with Jimmy the junior footman result in his receiving a promotion rather than a jail term or a horsewhipping.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2013
"The Four Seasons," to San Francisco, are the four socialite daughters of horsewhipping Mike De Young, who founded the Chronicle in 1865 and died in 1925.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the Four Courts, Dublin, I saw a waiter who witnessed the famous horsewhipping in that city.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
In any matter of horsewhipping the truth hardly ever gets itself correctly known.
From The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
With all the inconsequence of a man in a passion, Mr. Gibson laughed out, 'What have I said about horsewhipping or poisoning?
From Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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