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double-ˈthong, v. trans.
To strike with the doubled thong of a whip. Hence double-ˈthonger, a stroke thus given (colloq.).
1856G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Cov. xix, Double-thonging the off wheeler most unmercifully. 1890Boldrewood Colonial Ref. (1891) 187 With a shout, a double-thonger, half a dozen wild plunges..the team settled down..to something like racing speed. |