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Painful Punishment Crossword Clue

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noun

• work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

32%11 Victim of a painful foot punishment
noun

• a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

• a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

verb

• beat somebody on the soles of the feet

29%9 Like a painful or cruel punishment
adjective satellite

• extremely painful

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New York Times16 Sep 1993 Across 40
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