Lamming

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A beating.

    "This blood, I am informed, saved him many lammings from the head of the house, who, though Keeper of the Fives, fainted at first sight of it […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of lam form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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beatingsmackdown

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"This blood, I am informed, saved him many lammings from the head of the house, who, though Keeper of the Fives, fainted at first sight of it […]"

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