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flogger

[flog-er, flawg-] / ˈflɒg ər, ˈflɔg- /


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Explaining a flogger whip to my children would be easier than explaining how such a poor quality book made it into print having clearly never been anywhere near an editor.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2012

Nuvolari, now 60 and retired, was "hard on his mounts, a great flogger of automobiles, a car killer."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Haddon seconded the hard-hearted Sir William Petre, and adduced as an evidence that the best schoolmaster then in England was the hardest flogger.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

Mr. Haddon seconded the hard-hearted Sir William Petre, and adduced, as an evidence, that the best schoolmaster then in England was the hardest flogger.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

If the accused flogger is shocked or indignant at the idea I should be inclined to think that the accusation was a just one.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland

The dead horse has been flogged, and the bloggers have flogged the floggers, so it’s time to move on to a more interesting subject: Zen and the Art of Packers Self-Destruction.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2010

When the floggers of Correspondent William Stephens learned of their expulsion they went to Governor Murray for a late night conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

He adds another $500 reward to Governor Walker's $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the leader of the floggers.

From Time Magazine Archive




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