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Meanings of flog the boy in English

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Usage of flog the boy in English
1
Why did you wish to flog the boy?
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
2
It was the better part of discretion, something told him, not to flog the boy before so many witnesses.
Betty Gordon in Washington; Or, Strange Adventures in a Great Ci...
3
I suppose that you've a right to flog the boy, but it strikes me that a broom handle is rather an ugly weapon.
Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
4
He never flogs the boys, because he is too easy, good-humoured a creature to inflict pain on a worm.
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
5
"Miserable blasphemer," says North, "I tell you that you shall not flog the boy."
For the Term of His Natural Life
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