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knout
[ nout ]
noun
- a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
verb (used with object)
- to flog with the knout.
knout
/ ²Ô²¹ÊŠ³Ù /
noun
- a stout whip used formerly in Russia as an instrument of punishment
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knout1
1710–20; < French < Russian knut, Old Russian < Old Norse °ì²ÔÅ«³Ù°ù knot
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knout1
C17: from Russian knut, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse °ì²ÔÅ«³Ù°ù knot
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If you thought that the 1% were the knout, turn on your TV and watch the birth of the Era of the .001%.
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The tin or lead mines, the ankle-chains, the knout, and many things that were far worse to a beautiful woman!
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In Russia the Nihilists prefer chaos to the government of the bayonet, Siberia and the knout, and these intrepid men have kept upon the coast of despotism one beacon fire of hope.
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Don't talk to me of the knout or the stick!
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Knout, nowt, n. a whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Russia: punishment inflicted by the knout.
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