What does whipworthy mean?
Whipworthy means Deserving a whipping..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Deserving a whipping..
"The whipworthy rogue would not have used me so foully had he not outweighed me by two to one."
"We'll give those whipworthy bastards what they deserve yet, see if we don't."
Segal (1987, 137–169) recognized the omnipresent threat of the whip and, emphasizing that the whipworthy slave never gets whipped, put forward the idea of the comedy as carnival.
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Whipworthy means Deserving a whipping..
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"The whipworthy rogue would not have used me so foully had he not outweighed me by two to one."
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