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woodshed

[ wood-shed ]

noun

  1. a shed for storing wood for fuel.


verb (used without object)

woodshedded, woodshedding.
  1. Slang. to practice a musical instrument assiduously and with a specific goal in mind:

    He's woodshedding for next week's show.

woodshed

/ ˈʊˌʃɛ /

noun

  1. a small outbuilding where firewood, garden tools, etc, are stored
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of woodshed1

First recorded in 1835–45; wood 1 + shed 1
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Before last week, I was already writing a column taking Los Angeles to the woodshed for not being and doing and thinking boldly enough.

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Keep in mind that any large-scale sale of Trump’s shares would probably crater the stock price and take his unwary investors to the stock market woodshed.

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They don’t just lose home nailbiters, they get taken to the woodshed.

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Then the police find a human skeleton in the woodshed, and “The Dog of the North” takes on the scent of “A Rose for Emily.”

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He stacks them in his woodshed until he feeds them into the stove in the kitchen of the low-slung house where he grew up.

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