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Synonyms for canings
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : key-ning |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkeɪ nɪŋ |
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Définition of canings
Origin :- "to beat with a walking stick," 1660s, from cane (n.). Related: Caned; caning.
- As in whipping : noun beating
- As in flogging : noun lashing
- If I have you knouted, it will be somewhat different to the rector's canings.
- Extract from : « The Mantle and Other Stories » by Nicholas Gogol
- On the other hand, when the boy Cotton was fourteen, he received a round dozen of canings for lounging about among the shipping.
- Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
- The canings they receive from time to time do not at all ruffle their good humour.
- Extract from : « Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. » by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
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