thrash
verb (used with object)
to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
well-thrashed
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a word derived from
thrash.
Example Sentences
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This is by no means a charity on the part of the authorities, but a well-thrashed and deep-laid scheme to circumvent the Reichstag as it gives the Emperor another 75,000 men.
From The Secrets of the German War Office by Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves
My first smart jacket was a well-thrashed one.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
