to be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon

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Definition von to be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

kiss the gunner's daughter

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..

Silbentrennung

to be flogged or beat·en while restrained over a Can·non