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kisses the gunner's daughter

kisses the gunner's daughter is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kiss the gunner's daughter.

Meaning of kiss the gunner's daughter

Verb

kiss the gunner's daughter (third-person singular simple present kisses the gunner's daughter, present participle kissing the gunner's daughter, simple past and past participle kissed the gunner's daughter)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon.
    • But I was punished, my lad—made to kiss the wench that never speaks but when she scolds, and that's the gunner's daughter, comrade.1824, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 14, in Redgauntlet

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Kisses the gunner's daughter is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kiss the gunner's daughter.

Words near kisses the gunner's daughter in the dictionary

  1. kisses someone's ass
  2. kisses someone's hem
  3. kisses someone's ring
  4. kisses the book
  5. kisses the dust
  6. kisses the gunner's daughter
  7. kisses the hem of someone's garment
  8. kisses the ring
  9. kisses the rod
  10. kisses up
  11. kisses up to

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