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gunner's daughter

idiom

The gun to which sailors were tied to be flogged.


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Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    Bricks and Mortar

    [Cockney slang]daughter

  2. 02

    daughter of Eve

    Any woman or girl; any female human.

  3. 03

    kiss the gunner's daughter

    To be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon.

  4. 04

    like mother, like daughter

    A daughter takes after her mother.

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