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Synonyms for flogger
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : flog, flawg |
| Phonetic Transcription : flɒg, flɔg |
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Définition of flogger
Origin :- 1670s, slang, perhaps a schoolboy shortening of Latin flagellare "flagellate." Related: Flogged; flogging.
- As in coat : noun personal outerwear
- How could the flogger of urchins be otherwise than animated and joyous?
- Extract from : « The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. » by Washington Irving
- Why should there be a distinction between the flogger and the flogged?
- Extract from : « Mr. Midshipman Easy » by Captain Frederick Marryat
- It is also known under the name of flogger, the latter seemingly the more appropriate of the two.
- Extract from : « Graining and Marbling » by Frederick Maire
- The sentence of the court was carried out by a scourger, sometimes called flagellator, or flogger.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Bush » by George Dunderdale
- I no more care for a flogging than a boy does at Eton: and only let the flogger beware—I will be a match for him, I warrant you.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari. Vol. 1, July 31, 1841 » by Various
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