gantlope

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Some said, he ought to be tied neck and heels; others that he deserved to run the gantlope; and the serjeant shook his cane at him, and wished he had him under his command, swearing heartily he would make an example of him.

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  1. The earlier and less corrupt form of gantlet. He is fain to run the gantelope through the terrors and reproaches of his own conscience. J. Scott, Sermon (1680). Some said he ought to be tied neck and heels; others, that he deserved to run the gantelope. Fielding, Tom Jones, [vii.

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  • Some said, he ought to be tied neck and heels; others that he deserved to run the gantlope; and the serjeant shook his cane at him, and wished he had him under his command, swearing heartily he would make an example of him. —  History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
 

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