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

In any matter of horsewhipping the truth hardly ever gets itself correctly known.

From The Prime Minister by Trollope, Anthony

He was sometimes, it is said, provoked into horsewhipping them out of the range of the French guns; and the story, whether true or false, is very characteristic.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

I did not say, afterwards, that I had forgotten all about the horsewhipping, and that the marks of the pad had worn out. 

From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John