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| pil·lo·ry [ pílləree ] |
noun (plural pil·lo·ries) |
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punishment device: a wooden frame with holes into which somebody's head and hands could be locked, formerly used as a means of public punishment
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transitive verb (past and past participle pil·lo·ried, present participle pil·lo·ry·ing, 3rd person present singular pil·lo·ries) |
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1. ridicule somebody: to scorn or ridicule somebody or something openly
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2. punish somebody in pillory: to put somebody into a pillory as a public punishment
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| [13th century. Via Anglo-Latin pillorium< Old French pillorie] |
