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hookswinging

[ hook-swing-ing ]

noun

  1. a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks hook attached to the flesh of the back.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hookswinging1

First recorded in 1890–95; hook 1 + swing 1 + -ing 1

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