to be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon

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Definition of to be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon in English English dictionary

kiss the gunner's daughter

No, replied Bosun Thorpe, for any breaches of discipline by boy seamen are dealt within by making him, in naval jargon, ‘kiss the gunner's daughter’. . . . he bends over one of the guns; then he is lashed across the backside..

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to be flogged or beat·en while restrained over a Can·non