wallopings

The minute I tell someone I'm Catholic I become the public face of the Catholic Church and must defend against myriad verbal wallopings from my secular friends and Protestant brothers.

Tyler Mahoney: The 99 Lost Sheep: 20-Somethings And The Catholic Church Tyler Mahoney 2011

The minute I tell someone I'm Catholic I become the public face of the Catholic Church and must defend against myriad verbal wallopings from my secular friends and Protestant brothers.

Tyler Mahoney: The 99 Lost Sheep: 20-Somethings And The Catholic Church Tyler Mahoney 2011

It's true that in 1972, antiwar crusader George McGovern suffered one of the biggest political wallopings in American history, losing 49 states to Richard Nixon.

Peter Beinart: Why the Dems Should Go for It 2008

But even despite what nature gave him, it's clear to see that the wallopings with the Royal Ugly Stick got harsher and harsher as the years progressed:

a right royal shame 2006

But even despite what nature gave him, it's clear to see that the wallopings with the Royal Ugly Stick got harsher and harsher as the years progressed:

Archive 2006-08-01 2006

You may think it strange that I should pine for the man, after all the wallopings he had given me, and it is odd, when you come to think of it.

The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories 1928

I wouldn't mind taking my share of wallopings but I've had a darn sight too many.

Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919

I'll likely have to give you about seven distinct wallopings.

The Uphill Climb B. M. Bower 1905

"I've heard my mother tell that I had twenty wallopings ere she could make me say the Paternoster; and I never could learn nought else save the Joy and the Aggerum."

One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Emily Sarah Holt 1864

Tidings fitted to convulse all nations must henceforwards travel by culinary process; and the trumpet that once announced from afar the laurelled mail, heart-shaking when heard screaming on the wind and proclaiming itself through the darkness to every village or solitary house on its route, has now given way for ever to the pot-wallopings of the boiler.

The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc Thomas De Quincey 1822