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Take Samuel Cartwright, for instance, who in 1851 coined two ingenious new diagnoses to be applied to slaves: drapetomania , or running away (recommended treatment: whipping), and dysaesthesia aethiopis , whose symptoms were sloth and a tendency to break things (recommended treatment: whipping).
cat whipping or whipping the cat a trick often practised on ignorant country fellows, vain of their strength: a wager is laid with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat.
The park is only accessible by boat — except for the occasional powerboats bringing passengers over from Nassau for a day of snorkeling and picnics on the beach, the only sounds you’ll hear will be the wind whipping through the sails of yachts anchored offshore.
A piece argues that Newt Gingrich serves as both whipping boy and ghost for the dispirited Republican Party.
It's no fun whipping McCain when he's already whipping himself.