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shel•lack•ing



Pronunciation: (shu-lak'ing), [key]
—n. Slang.
1. an utter defeat: a shellacking their team will remember.
2. a sound thrashing: His father gave him a shellacking for stealing the book.

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

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