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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | 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. | |
| 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 | ||||
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