Whipping

  • 21whipping boy — whipping ,boy noun count someone who is punished for someone else s mistake or crime, usually because they have less power than that person …

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  • 22whipping cream — whipping ,cream noun uncount a thick type of cream that can be made very stiff …

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  • 23whipping boy — [n] scapegoat dupe, fall guy*, goat*, mark*, patsy*, sacrifice, sucker, target, victim; concept 412 …

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  • 24whipping boy — ► NOUN ▪ a person who is blamed or punished for the faults or incompetence of others. ORIGIN originally denoting a boy educated with a young prince and punished instead of him …

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  • 25whipping boy — n. 1. Historical a boy brought up together with a young prince and required to take the punishment for the latter s misdeeds 2. SCAPEGOAT (sense 2) …

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  • 26whipping cream — n. sweet cream with a high percentage of butterfat, that can be whipped until stiff …

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  • 27whipping post — n. a post to which offenders are tied to be whipped as a legal punishment …

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  • 28Whipping Post (song) — Song infobox Name = Whipping Post Artist = The Allman Brothers Band Album = The Allman Brothers Band (studio) At Fillmore East (live) Released = November 4, 1969 (studio) July 1971 (live) track no = Recorded = August 7, 1969 (studio) March 13,… …

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  • 29Whipping knot — A whipping knot or whipping is a binding of twine around the end of a rope to prevent the fibres of the rope from unravelling. When a rope is cut, there is a natural tendency for the cut end to fray. A whipping is one way to try to prevent this,… …

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  • 30Whipping boy — A whipping boy, in the 1600 and 1700s, was a young boy who was assigned to a young prince and was punished when the prince misbehaved or fell behind in his schooling. Whipping boys were established in the English court during the monarchies of… …

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