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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
horsewhip .
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Examples
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It will be an inadequate substitute for having Larry Richter, Jake Knotts, Andre Bauer, et al horsewhipped - but we live in an imperfect world.
Did you think that anti-reform in South Carolina has any limits? | RedState 2010
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W.K. Dawson, a surveyor at Gipps Land, was present, and saw the defendant strike Mr. Desailly two or three times; witness heard Mr. Pearson say — “Walk this way, gentlemen, walk this way; I have horsewhipped Mr. Desailly once, and I call you to witness I am going to do it again;” he then struck him.
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In one altercation in 1771, a sheriff's posse, including the local Anglican parson, confronted a Baptist pastor during a service, jammed the butt end of a whip into his mouth, dragged him outside the church and horsewhipped him.
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W.K. Dawson, a surveyor at Gipps Land, was present, and saw the defendant strike Mr. Desailly two or three times; witness heard Mr. Pearson say — “Walk this way, gentlemen, walk this way; I have horsewhipped Mr. Desailly once, and I call you to witness I am going to do it again;” he then struck him.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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At a race meeting, William Pearson first horsewhipped and otherwise assaulted a Mr. Desailly (presumably either George or Francis Desailly, the Catholic sons of a Van Diemonian pioneer who was between 1847 and 1853 the owner of Fulham, the station adjoining the northern boundary of Kilmany Park).
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Someone at AP needs to be horsewhipped, and i would hand Sarah the whip.
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“Especially if it means exposing a faithless, conniving, untrustworthy… sack of pig manure who—” Deserves to be horsewhipped, she finished silently.
SILENT TRUTH SHERRILYN KENYON 2010
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Ed Markey got publicly horsewhipped round one for attempting to subdue America the energy industry by regulating carbon dioxide, like the good little Socialist that he is.
Energy 101: Hydraulic Fracturing - Vladimir’s blog - RedState 2010
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“Especially if it means exposing a faithless, conniving, untrustworthy… sack of pig manure who—” Deserves to be horsewhipped, she finished silently.
SILENT TRUTH SHERRILYN KENYON 2010
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“Especially if it means exposing a faithless, conniving, untrustworthy… sack of pig manure who—” Deserves to be horsewhipped, she finished silently.
SILENT TRUTH SHERRILYN KENYON 2010
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