单词 | whipping-house |
释义 | > as lemmaswhipping-house whipping-house n. U.S. a building in which at one time black slaves were whipped. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > building used for porter's lodge1471 whipping-house1852 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxix. 147 It was the universal custom to send women and young girls to whipping-houses. 1865 Atlantic Monthly 15 510 Without thought of nine o'clock, pass patrol, or whipping-house. < as lemmas |
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