Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kiss the gunner's daughter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables: kiss the -gun-ner's -daugh-ter
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"But I was punished, my lad—made to kiss the wench that never speaks but when she scolds, and that's the gunner's daughter, comrade."
""No," replied Bosun Thorpe, "for any breaches of discipline by boy seamen are dealt within by making him, in naval jargon, ‘kiss the gunner's daughter’. . . . he bends over one of the guns; then he is lashed across the backside.""

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

kisses the gunner's daughter (present, singular) kissing the gunner's daughter (participle, present) kissed the gunner's daughter (participle, past) kissed the gunner's daughter (past)

Synonyms

marry the gunner's daughter

Questions

What does kiss the gunner's daughter mean?: To be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon.

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