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scourgings

scourgings is the plural of scourging.

Meaning of scourging

Noun

scourging (plural scourgings)

  1. A beating with a scourge; a flogging.
    • The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes[…]1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 114

Questions about scourgings

What is scourgings the plural of?
Scourgings is the plural of scourging.

Words near scourgings in the dictionary

  1. scourges
  2. scourgest
  3. scourgeth
  4. scourging
  5. scourgingly
  6. scourgings
  7. scourie
  8. scouries
  9. scourin'
  10. scouring
  11. scouring brush

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