KISS THE GUNNER'S DAUGHTER

  

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KISS THE GUNNER'S DAUGHTER

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Kiss the Gunner's Daughter (To) To be flogged on board ship, being tied to the breech of a cannon.
"I was made to kiss' the wench that never speaks but when she scolds, and that's the gunner's daughter ... Yes, the minister's son ... has the cat's scratch on his back."- Sir W Scott: Redgauntlei, chap. xiv. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: KISS THE GUNNER'S DAUGHTER

Language Translations for "KISS THE GUNNER'S DAUGHTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

ágyúcsőre kötözve megvesszőzik (to kiss the gunner's daughter). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isskay ethay unner'sgay aughterday

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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