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ledderin

nounaction

a severe physical beating or thrashing

a harsh physical beating or flogging; a sound thrashing

Example in use

He gied 'im a sair ledderin.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/LED-er-in/

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Origin & context

scotsolderharsh

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