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

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

Why the larrup says his name is Winter—and don’t he look innocent?

From The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients by Hill, Frederick Trevor