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flogworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

From flog + -worthy.

Meanings

1. Worthy of flogging or to be flogged; (by extension) deserving of punishment; punishable.
   • Mr. Marples with drunken motorists, Sir David Eccles with middle-class undergraduates, Mr. Vosper with flogworthy delinquents, Mr. Macleod with defederating Rhodesians, [...] 1778, Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, The Spectator:

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