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flogger

noun
/flɒɡə/UK/flɑɡɚ/US

Etymology

From flog + -er. Compare Low German flogger (“a flail”).

  1. borrowed from flogger — “a flail”
  2. inherited from *flukkōną✻
  3. inherited from *floggian✻
  4. inherited from *floggen✻
  5. suffixed as flogger — “flog + er”

Definitions

  1. One who flogs.

    • How could the flogger of urchins be otherwise than animated and joyous?
    • The High Masters were as shrewd floggers as any.

  2. A whip.

  3. A handle with strips of cloth attached, used for beating away charcoal dust etc.

    • Schlepitchka is a texturing trick done by twirling a feather duster or flogger around gently and dabbing it on the surface of the scenery between each twirl of the tool so that the splayed pattern prints on the scenery.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA