Idiom
kiss the gunner's daughter
Meaning
To be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The sailor feared he would have to kiss the gunner's daughter.”
“After the mutiny failed, the captain ordered the crew to kiss the gunner's daughter as punishment.”
“In the harsh days of the old navy, a sailor who broke the rules often found himself forced to kiss the gunner's daughter before the entire ship's company.”
Examples
simple
“The sailor feared he would have to kiss the gunner's daughter.”
contextual
“After the mutiny failed, the captain ordered the crew to kiss the gunner's daughter as punishment.”
complex
“In the harsh days of the old navy, a sailor who broke the rules often found himself forced to kiss the gunner's daughter before the entire ship's company.”
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