Definitions

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  • noun punching bag (exercise equipment)
  • noun punching bag (person of abuse)

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Examples

  • The 17-month-old boy who lived in Haringey borough suffered horrific injuries as a result of being used as a "punchbag" by the men - a lodger and the 32-year-old boyfriend of the child's mother.

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2008

  • A man has been convicted of involvement in the death of a 17-month-old baby who suffered more than 50 injuries after being used as a 'punchbag'.

    Home | Mail Online 2008

  • An Old Bailey jury had been mulling verdicts for a fifth day having heard that the child, who had been used as a "punchbag", died from a broken back and other injuries in August last year at his home in Haringey, north London.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2008

  • An Old Bailey jury heard the boy, who had been used as a "punchbag", died in August last year from a broken back - which a doctor had failed to spot - and other injuries sustained over a period of months at his home in north London.

    ITN Headlines 2008

  • But after months of being used as a "punchbag" and having his curly blond hair shaved off, he became dead-eyed, hollow-cheeked and unrecognisable.

    unknown title 2008

  • "He was so completely subservient to you that after being treated as a human punchbag he followed you meekly out of the lift," the judge said, adding that Saud did not try to help Abdulaziz after inflicting fatal injuries and instead tried to concoct a cover story.

    Saudi Prince Given Life Sentence For Slaying Servant In UK AP 2010

  • Ron NoonLiverpool• Simon Jenkins is right to describe the government student fees policy as a "social mobility tax", but perhaps not quite in the way he meant You chose to be coalition arm-candy so accept it, Nick: you are a punchbag, 8 April.

    Letters: The key to a 'who knows who' world 2011

  • His former wife and punchbag Sheryl commented that the former England star was now much more articulate as a result of him being the living dead.

    Gazza 'A Zombie' Dungeekin 2009

  • He is the coalition clown, part lightning rod, part punchbag, but always ridiculous.

    Nick Clegg: from hero to hate figure 2011

  • What, however, gives Bond's play a tiny shred of hope is the extraordinary final scene in which Len, who for much of the action has been Pam's punchbag, meticulously mends a chair.

    Saved – review 2011

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