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knout



Pronunciation: (nout), [key]
—n.
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.

—v.t.
to flog with the knout.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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