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shot with a shovel

adj

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  1. Severely admonished

    Severely admonished; castigated.

    • I don't approve of petticoat government, as a general thing, but I'll be shot with a shovel if it ain't necessary with fellows like Stanhope!
    • I'll kill him for leaving you here all on your own. He should be shot with a shovel for thinking it's right to go off and leave you ...

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