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Definition of Botany Bay dozen
1. Noun. (Australia slang obsolete or historical) 25 lashes, ie. strokes of a whip across a person's back as a punishment. w:Robert Hughes (critic) Robert Hughes, ''w:The Fatal Shore The Fatal Shore'', 1987, paperback 1996 ISBN 1-86046-150-6, chapter 12. ¹
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