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lathering, vbl. n.|ˈlæðərɪŋ, ˈlɑː-|
[f. lather v. + -ing1.]
The action or an act of lathering; fig. (slang) a beating.
1598Florio, Saponata, a soping, a lathring. 1836E. Howard R. Reefer lvi, A stubble of your growth..requires a double lathering. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xviii. x. (1872) VII. 283 Such a pell⁓mell..our King must have given them a dreadful lathering. 1835J. P. Kennedy Horse-Shoe Robinson I. ii. 25 He shut that up..by giving Huger a most tremenjious lathering. 1843‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xix. 169 Vain all pelting with clods and stones—all latherings with long bean poles! 1954Weingarten Amer. Dict. Slang 222/2 Lathering, a scolding; a beating, a thrashing. |