Definition of Lickings

1. Noun. (plural of licking) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lickings

1. licking [n] - See also: licking

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lickings

lickerish
lickerishly
lickerishness
lickerishnesses
lickerous
lickers
licketh
lickety-split
lickety cut
lickety split
lickin'
licking
licking clean
licking out
licking up
lickings (current term)
lickle
lickpennies
lickpenny
lickpot
lickpots
licks
licks clean
licks out
licks up
lickspit
lickspits
lickspittle
lickspittles
lickt

Literary usage of Lickings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oliver Optic's Magazine by Oliver Optic (1875)
"I think they have, when I have to take the lickings for Nick and myself both. ... Perhaps I am ; I'm bad enough; but I'm not going to take Nick's lickings. ..."

2. The Writings of Mark Twain by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"We got a licking every time one of our snakes come in her way, and she allowed these lickings warn't nothing to what she would do if we ever loaded up the ..."

3. The Dog and the Sportsman: Embracing the Uses, Breeding, Training, Diseases by John Stuart Skinner (1845)
"... an endurance of his caresses, and his lickingslickings of the hand and of the face, which places in continual danger the persons who can indulge in so ..."

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