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Definition of whipping post in English: whipping postnoun historical A post to which offenders were tied in order to be whipped as a public punishment. Example sentencesExamples - Puzzled, Michael lifted his head to follow her gaze and found himself looking at the man he had seen chained to the whipping post.
- There's a terrible scene where he is chained to a whipping post and flogged with sadistic pleasure by brutish Roman guards.
- Between April and October, the town crier issues a daily proclamation at the High Cross, where in bygone times you would have found bear-baiting, stocks and a whipping post.
- For instance, in a quiet square in Oakham, Leicestershire I spotted the town's 15th century whipping post and stocks.
- In 1908, the police chief recommended the whipping post for wife-beaters.
Definition of whipping post in US English: whipping postnounˈ(h)wipiNG ˌpōst historical A post to which offenders were tied in order to be whipped as a public punishment. Example sentencesExamples - For instance, in a quiet square in Oakham, Leicestershire I spotted the town's 15th century whipping post and stocks.
- Between April and October, the town crier issues a daily proclamation at the High Cross, where in bygone times you would have found bear-baiting, stocks and a whipping post.
- In 1908, the police chief recommended the whipping post for wife-beaters.
- Puzzled, Michael lifted his head to follow her gaze and found himself looking at the man he had seen chained to the whipping post.
- There's a terrible scene where he is chained to a whipping post and flogged with sadistic pleasure by brutish Roman guards.
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