larrup
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Defensive lockdown is in vogue, yet there were some good old‑fashioned belters nevertheless: Zlatan Ibrahimovic's scissor flick against France, Marco Reus's larrup versus Greece, and Andy Carroll's paean to creative ultraviolence against Sweden.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2012
She said arterwards that she didn't larrup him for fetchin' the stock off, but for layin' up there in jail an' lettin' his crap spile.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler
Not so: unless you’re fond of strife,You’d better mind your own affairs,I have an able-bodied wifeAwaiting me at Wapping Stairs;If all this here to her I tell,She’ll larrup you and me as well.
From The Bab Ballads by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
"There, Lynne Maximilian Catt!" she exclaimed in a voice tense with passion, "you will never use that pair to larrup me with again."
From Tabitha at Ivy Hall by Russell, Alfred
He'd larrup a spell, an' then he'd set back; an' then he'd lean over an' try it agin, harder'n ever.
From David Harum A Story of American Life by Westcott, Edward Noyes