单词 | cowskin |
释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : cow-skinn. > as lemmascow-skin cow-skin v. to flog with a cow-skin. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > whip or scourge > with cow-hide cowhide1794 cow-skin1799 1799 Aurora (Philadelphia) 20 May I am a constable, and may therefore kick, cuff, beat, bruise, cowskin, or kill any man I please. 1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas (1837) 78 The devil himself might, the next time, undertake to cowskin such a..scoundrel for him. a1849 E. A. Poe W. E. Channing in Wks. (1864) III. 239 Napoleon Buonaparte Jones..is cowskinned with perfect regularity five times a month. 1947 W. Pennsylvania Hist. Mag. Sept.–Dec. 132 The ‘cowskinning’ incident..was the final blow. < see also as lemmas |
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