Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bag, generally large and heavy, suspended from the ceiling, to be punched by an athlete, especially a boxer, for the sake of exercise.
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Examples
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In any relationship, of course, both parties must make this choice, unless one party opts to be a martyr or a punching-bag.
Riches 2010
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He became a punching-bag for Democrats who wished that the base would please shut up, and for Beltway journalists who fetishize Access and Seriousness, and he just didn't care.
Marty Kaplan: My Favorite Blowhard Marty Kaplan 2011
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The school announced the decision Monday, two days after Ole Miss fell 30-13 to fellow Southeastern Conference punching-bag Kentucky—the Rebels' 12th straight SEC football loss dating to last season.
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Sixth grade was pure hell; every female natural bully in the class saw me as the perfect punching-bag.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Crime to Repeatedly Insult a Minor 2010
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In any relationship, of course, both parties must make this choice, unless one party opts to be a martyr or a punching-bag.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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Sixth grade was pure hell; every female natural bully in the class saw me as the perfect punching-bag.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Crime to Repeatedly Insult a Minor 2010
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With those three sentences, Wright gives relief and intellectual ballast to those believers weary of the punching-bag tone of the recent faith-and-reason debates.
More on Robert Wright's The Evolution of God William Harryman 2009
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` Even Antonio the punching-bag didn't manage anything like it.
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This, then, is the man who -- although unelected -- was, by and large, defended, and at crucial times applauded, by "the liberal media" (although, typically, he seeshimself as their long-suffering punching-bag).
Bush's Swan Song 2009
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"(However) we refuse to any longer be a passive punching-bag for persons and organisations with ulterior motives," the organisation said.
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