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单词 whipping post
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whipping post

noun historical
A post to which offenders were tied in order to be whipped as a public punishment.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.
  • In 1908, the police chief recommended the whipping post for wife-beaters.
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