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flog someone round the fleet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
flog -some-one round the fleet
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To row a prisoner around the fleet, where he would receive a number of lashes at each ship in turn, as a penalty for serious offences.

Inflected Forms

flogs someone round the fleet (present, singular) flogging someone round the fleet (participle, present) flogged someone round the fleet (participle, past) flogged someone round the fleet (past)

Questions

What does flog someone round the fleet mean?
To row a prisoner around the fleet, where he would receive a number of lashes at each ship in turn, as a penalty for serious offences.

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