licking
lickings
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pluralof licking.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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After all the investments they had made into her business, she said they were left with the "lickings of a dog" and felt it was "a kick in the teeth".
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
In one tournament after another, Tony took embarrassing lickings.
From Time Magazine Archive
The G.O.P. had taken two good lickings in Philadelphia in 1951 and 1952, and was more or less resigned to another.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tammany took one of the bad lickings it takes once in a generation, then cleaned house after a fashion and picked a new boss, young District Leader James J. Dooling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Any boy who liked him he usually liked back, and showed his affection, as he did in my case, by frequent lickings.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Talbot Baines Reed
