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Definition of Thwacking
1. thwack [v] - See also: thwack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thwacking
Literary usage of Thwacking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Rudimentary Treatise on the Manufacture of Bricks and Tiles, Containing an by Edward Dobson (1850)
"The thwacking horse, on which the thwacking frame is placed for thwacking those
tiles at the top of the blocks. ( Scale J in. to the foot) a. ..."
2. A Rudimentary Treatise on the Manufacture of Bricks and Tiles: Containing an by Edward Dobson (1850)
"The thwacking frame placed on the thwacking stool. ( Scale 1 in. to the foot.)
Fig. 14. The thwacking horse, on which the thwacking frame is placed for ..."
3. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry by Albert Hill Fay (1920)
"A table, with curved top, used in thwacking a pantile. (Standard) thwacking knife.
... used to trim pantiles after thwacking. (Standard) Thwarting (Som.). ..."
4. The Fur Trade of America by Agnes Christina Laut (1921)
"... a head with raised alert ears, shoulders straining to lift legs that refused
to follow, and a bushy tail thwacking — thwacking — thwacking the snow ! ..."
5. The Fur Trade of America by Agnes Christina Laut (1921)
"... a head with raised alert ears, shoulders straining to lift legs that refused
to follow, and a bushy tail thwacking — thwacking — thwacking the snow! ..."
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