| 单词 | wattle-race |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswattle-race wattle-race n. U.S. a Western form of ‘running the gauntlet’ (cf. gantlope n.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > running the gauntlet loupegarth1637 gantlope1646 wattle-race1839 1839 Congress. Globe Jan. App. 104/2 It would have been like the wattle races I have seen run in the West; he that ran the fastest received the fewest stripes. < as lemmas |
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