hookswinging

hookswinging
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
: a voluntary ritual torture in which the individual is suspended by hooks inserted into the muscles of the back

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/hook"swing'ing/, n.
a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
[1890-95; HOOK1 + SWING1 + -ING1]

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  • hookswinging — /hook swing ing/, n. a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back. [1890 95; HOOK1 + SWING1 + ING1] * * * …   Universalium

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