Cowhiding

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A flogging with a cowhide.

    "The apprenticeship of the Prussian Crown Princes has always consisted in receiving fisticuffs and cowhidings from their progenitor, the king."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cowhide form-of, gerund, participle, present

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batterybeatingcorporal punishmentflagellationlacinglashing

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"The apprenticeship of the Prussian Crown Princes has always consisted in receiving fisticuffs and cowhidings from their progenitor, the king."

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