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Definition of Strappadoes
1. strappado [n] - See also: strappado
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strappadoes
Literary usage of Strappadoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... and The Liberty of the Press was given amid the usual lamentations over the
inflictions they suffer by its means, from our unrelenting strappadoes. ..."