英和和英

名詞

scragging (plural scraggings)

1. (slang, dated) A beating.
   • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 26:

     Adrian thought it worth while trying out his new slang. […] ‘That’s beastly talk, Thompson. Jolly well take it back or expect a good scragging.’

   • 2022, Barry Anthony, Pimple's Progress: Fred Evans, Britain's First Film Comedy Star (page 57)

     Consequently, the red nosed recipient of various duckings, scraggings, and backside beatings was soon to find himself presiding over the nine circles of hell in Pimple's Inferno […]