lickings
- plural of licking.
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
For seven years the League plum has meant rich lickings to the Swiss city of Geneva.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two years later, at the polls, it took one of the most surprising lickings in U.S. political history.
From Time Magazine Archive
Belle’s lickings were distinguished chiefly by their uproar.
From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto
