punching bags
- plural of punching bag.
Example Sentences
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He could tell as he came back, by the swing, that they were heading the Peace River curves, for the trucks were hitting the elevations like punching-bags.
From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
“They wouldn’t be knocked out if you gave them preliminary individual exercise with punching-bags, dummies for tackle practice, and other things the football player uses to make himself tough and irresistible.”
From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick
