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crying carrots and turnips

crying carrots and turnips is the present participle and gerund 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 crying carrots and turnips

What is crying carrots and turnips the present participle and gerund of?
Crying carrots and turnips is the present participle and gerund of cry carrots and turnips.

Words near crying carrots and turnips in the dictionary

  1. crying birds
  2. crying blue murder
  3. crying buckets
  4. crying call
  5. crying calls
  6. crying carrots and turnips
  7. crying craven
  8. crying cupboard
  9. crying down
  10. crying foul
  11. crying from the housetop

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