horsewhipping

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Dozens of readers are arguing about the credibility of the plot line that saw Thomas’ misunderstanding with Jimmy the junior footman result in his receiving a promotion rather than a jail term or a horsewhipping.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

"The Four Seasons," to San Francisco, are the four socialite daughters of horsewhipping Mike De Young, who founded the Chronicle in 1865 and died in 1925.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only the dread of bringing unpleasant notoriety to these thoroughly respectable young women saved this scoundrel from a horsewhipping at the hands of their indignant male relatives.

From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Banks, Louis Albert

She never paid the sixpence, though she lost, but contented herself by abusing Mary all day, and said I was a poor-spirited sneak for not instantly horsewhipping Mr. P.  A pretty joke, indeed! 

From The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond by Thackeray, William Makepeace

At the Four Courts, Dublin, I saw a waiter who witnessed the famous horsewhipping in that city.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John