Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Punishment by hauling uuder the keel of a ship.
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- verb Present participle of
keelhaul .
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Examples
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Similarly, in book 1, I had wanted a pirate-like punishment similar to keelhauling, and had come up with sky-firing.
Talking to Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell about the Edge Chronicles 2010
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Similarly, in book 1, I had wanted a pirate-like punishment similar to keelhauling, and had come up with sky-firing.
Talking to Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell about the Edge Chronicles 2010
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Then she sighed, rolled her eyes and spit out a resigned, “Fine, you keelhauling, barnacle-baiting urchin.”
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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Similarly, in book 1, I had wanted a pirate-like punishment similar to keelhauling, and had come up with sky-firing.
Talking to Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell about the Edge Chronicles 2010
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Then she sighed, rolled her eyes and spit out a resigned, “Fine, you keelhauling, barnacle-baiting urchin.”
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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As is pillaging and keelhauling and walking the plank.
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If one survived the original keelhauling, well, have fun with that septic poisoning!
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Bush appointed Hank Paulson, the equivalent of Blackbeard, to suggest the "bailout" which looks more and more like a massive keelhauling of the economy.
Printing: How To Deal With Pirates (American, not Somalian) 2008
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Bush appointed Hank Paulson, the equivalent of Blackbeard, to suggest the "bailout" which looks more and more like a massive keelhauling of the economy.
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But this highseas adventure didn't end with a keelhauling.
Cape Cod Mutiny 2008
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