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Botany Bay dozens

Botany Bay dozens is the plural of Botany Bay dozen.

Meaning of Botany Bay dozen

Noun

Botany Bay dozen (plural Botany Bay dozens)

  1. (Australia, historical, obsolete, slang) 25 lashes, i.e. strokes of a whip across a person's back as a punishment.
    • If guilty, he is taken to a cart-wheel to receive a Botany Bay dozen, which is twenty-five lashes ;[…].1893, Frank Murcott Bladen, Historical Records of New South Wales: Papers Relating to Grose and Paterson, 1793-1795, volume 2, page 796
    Synonyms:
    tester

Questions about Botany Bay dozens

What is Botany Bay dozens the plural of?
Botany Bay dozens is the plural of Botany Bay dozen.

Words near Botany Bay dozens in the dictionary

  1. botanophilists
  2. botanophobia
  3. botany
  4. Botany Bay
  5. Botany Bay dozen
  6. Botany Bay dozens
  7. Botany Bay fever
  8. Botany Bay greens
  9. botargo
  10. botargoes
  11. botargos

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