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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
bamboo .
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Examples
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Ammidon bowed in a wooden collar, of Gerrit Ammidon bambooed, sliced, slowly choking ....
Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917
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[For although the former may be in the right, his opponent should be treated with leniency, for fear of people saying you protect your Yamen servants; and lest in future, when the servant is in the wrong, no one will dare come forward to accuse him.] (3) Workmen and others employed by the magistrate himself should not be bambooed by him, even if they deserve it.
Historic China, and other sketches Herbert Allen Giles 1890
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For instance, if a head man fails to produce any criminals or accused persons, either belonging to, or known to be, in his district, he is liable to be bambooed or otherwise severely punished.
China and the Chinese Herbert Allen Giles 1890
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Torbjeorn — Steve wasn’t bamboozled, he was bambooed! steve s
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