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Definition of Thrashes
1. thrash [v] - See also: thrash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrashes
Literary usage of Thrashes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifty Years of an Actors̓ Life by John Coleman (1904)
"... Pictorial Gallery ("Penny Plain and Tuppence Coloured ") lands me into Trouble—My
Tutor thrashes me, and Father thrashes my Tutor—Mother mediates, ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1854)
"Sometimes he thrashes corn with John Rigby's men, and helps them to get potatoes,
and works as hard as any of them. He is very good company, ..."
3. The Campaign Lives of Ulysses S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax by James Sanks Brisbin (1868)
"... BUMBLE-BEE FIGHTER GRANT BUYS A HORSE OF FARMER RALSTON-'—HE thrashes HIS
COUSIN JOHN FOR CALLING WASHINGTON A REBEL—MORE ANECDOTES ABOUT GRANT—HE SWIMS ..."
4. Boys' Life of General Grant by Thomas Wallace Knox (1899)
"Grant thrashes an impertinent student. — A salutary lesson. — " Uncle Sam."
— Popular with his fellows. — An arbiter of disputes. — First visit home. ..."
5. Sixty Years of Journalism: Anecdotes and Reminiscences by Harry Findlater Bussey (1906)
"HIS LORDSHIP thrashes A BUTCHER. On one occasion Lord Bury, in the prosecution
of his canvass, having to pass through ..."
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