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cries carrots and turnips

cries carrots and turnips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry carrots and turnips.

Meaning of cry carrots and turnips

Verb

cry carrots and turnips (third-person singular simple present cries carrots and turnips, present participle crying carrots and turnips, simple past and past participle cried carrots and turnips)

  1. (obsolete, slang) To be taken through the streets on a cart while being whipped, as a punishment for certain crimes.
    • I had a mighty queer adventure in communion with that foul toad, Titus Oates, whom I afterwards rejoiced to see crying carrots and turnips, with all London looking on.1895, H. B. Marriott Watson, “Of a Meeting at Fulham”, in The Chap-Book: Semi-Monthly, Chicago, I.L.: Stone & Kimball, page 483

Questions about cries carrots and turnips

What is cries carrots and turnips the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cries carrots and turnips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry carrots and turnips.

Words near cries carrots and turnips in the dictionary

  1. cries aim
  2. cries all the way to the bank
  3. cries beef
  4. cries blue murder
  5. cries buckets
  6. cries carrots and turnips
  7. cries craven
  8. cries cupboard
  9. cries down
  10. cries for help
  11. cries foul

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