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Whipping post

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  1. 1
    A post or pillory to which a criminal is tied, and flagellated.

    "Opposite the almshouses is the bow-fronted post office and shop, while near by, beneath the trees on the green, is the old whipping post and stocks, the latter pierced by five holes."

  2. 2
    post formerly used in public to which offenders are tied to be whipped wordnet

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