knout
Example Sentences
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A few peasants, leaning out of their windows, were watching the scene; women were showing themselves at the loopholes of the garrets; and the innkeepers were filling the gourds, Corporal Knout watching them meanwhile.
From The Invasion of France in 1814 by Chatrian, Alexandre
The gentler sort have either been scared by the improvisatore warblings of Mr Wakley, or terrified into silence by undue and undeserved apprehensions of the Knout.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various
However, an hour later, he was to be seen passing along the main street of Grandfontaine, his hands tied behind him, and Corporal Knout at his back, bearing his emblem of office.
From The Invasion of France in 1814 by Chatrian, Alexandre
The rule of Orthodoxy and the Knout Is not yet over wholly.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 by Various
He is proportionally stout; The lofty form is well filled out Of the Controller of the Knout.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
