Definition of Floggings

1. Noun. (plural of flogging) ¹

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Definition of Floggings

1. flogging [n] - See also: flogging

Lexicographical Neighbors of Floggings

flocks
flocky
flocs
floe
floes
flog
flog a dead horse
floged
floggable
flogged
flogger
floggers
flogging
floggings (current term)
floging
flogs
flogworthy
flokati
flokatis
flone
flong
flongs
flood-gate
flood-gates
flood control
flood fever
flood fill

Literary usage of Floggings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Dates soon after became discredited, and in 1685, under James II, he was convicted of perjury and punished by floggings of unexampled severity, ..."

2. Thirty Years from Home, Or A Voice from the Main Deck: Being the Experience by Samuel Leech (1844)
"... to Lisbon—The victim of jealousy—Affray—Shocking sight—Change of officers—Increase of floggings—Poor Bob Hammond—A flogging scene—Flogging through the ..."

3. Corea or Cho-Sen, the Land of the morning calm by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1895)
"CHAPTER XV Police—Detectives—The plank-walk—The square board—The wooden blocks for hands and feet—floggings—The bamboo rod—The stick—The flexible board—A ..."

4. A History of Eton College, 1440-1875 by Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (1877)
"Administration of Dr. Keate—State of Education at Eton—Frequency of floggings — Theatricals — Magazines — Cricket — Boating — Other Sports — Practical ..."

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