Flogworthy

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Worthy of flogging or to be flogged; (by extension) deserving of punishment; punishable.

    "Mr. Marples with drunken motorists, Sir David Eccles with middle-class undergraduates, Mr. Vosper with flogworthy delinquents, Mr. Macleod with defederating Rhodesians, [...]"

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"Mr. Marples with drunken motorists, Sir David Eccles with middle-class undergraduates, Mr. Vosper with flogworthy delinquents, Mr. Macleod with defederating Rhodesians, [...]"

Etymology

From flog + -worthy.

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