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whipping post
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Noun1.whipping post - post formerly used in public to which offenders are tied to be whipped
post - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"
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Slender evergreens, with long, erect branches, such as junipers, are often the whipping posts for winter gales.
Winter protection for evergreens by Miller, Crow / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
An ancient map shows where whipping posts and stocks were sited, near to the infamous 'cage', or city jail.
Groundbreaking archaeological collection includes ancient map by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Summoning spirits: calloused-palm field hands, wet nurses and house negresses, backs bloodied at whipping posts, we strip limbs from hanging-trees, read out rights of passage, walk towards freedom in a throng.
Freedom at Sunrise by Church, L. Teresa / African American Review
 
 
 
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