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hookswinging
noun
(1)
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hookswinging
[
hook
-swing-ing ]
Phonetic (Standard)
IPA
noun
a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from
hooks
hook
attached to the flesh of the back.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of
hookswinging
1
First recorded in 1890–95;
hook
1
+
swing
1
+
-ing
1
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