strap-oil
noun
slang a beating
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How to use strap-oil in a sentence
And he was as innocent, the Baron was, as a new boy sent to the harness shop after strap oil.
Shorty McCabe | Sewell FordHe loved his children, and if a boy could be saved by so simple a means as "strap-oil," he was not the man to shirk his duty.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 | Elbert Hubbard
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