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Whipping post   /wˈɪpɪŋ poʊst/   Listen
Whipping post

noun
1.
Post formerly used in public to which offenders are tied to be whipped.





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... their progress was really very great, and most satisfactory, as Mr. Nixon, Charles's guardian, who had examined him, had reported most favourably thereon. But he appears to be insignificant, and undersized, thin as a whipping post, pale, and somewhat sickly-looking, he appears much younger than he is, and seems hardly fitted for what you and I would ...
— The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous


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