whacking

whacking englannista suomeksi

1. selkäsauna

2. valtava

3. erityisen

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0. Substantiivi

whacking englanniksi

1. (infl of)

2. Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as ''great'' or ''big'').

3. 1762, (w), ''A Burlesque Translation of Homer'', London: S. Hooper, 1772, Book 7 of Homer’s Iliad, p. 289,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010688256

(..) all our grannies tell us how

He kill’d a whacking great dun cow;

4. 1819, Olivia Clarke, ''The Irishwoman. A Comedy in Five Acts'', London: H. Colburn, Act V, Scene 2, p. 80,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100860464

(..) these two whacking Irish boys, that I was telling you of just now, are posted at the hall door to seize the villain, and take him to pay his respects to the next sitting magistrate (..)

5. {{quote-book|en|year=1895|author=Arthur Quiller-Couch|chapter=The Roll-Call of the Reef|title=Wandering Heath: Stories, Studies, and Sketches|location=London|publisher=Cassell & Co.|year_published=1896|page=13|url=https://archive.org/details/wanderingheathst00quilrich

6. (quote-text)|title=Man Overboard!|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24584/24584-h/24584-h.htm|pages=81–82|publisher=Macmillan|location=New York

7. {{quote-book|en|year=1926|author=Neville Shute|title=Marazan|location=London|publisher=Cassell & Co.|chapter=5|url=http://fadedpage.com/books/20140337/html.php

8. {{quote-text|en|year=1932|title=Delta Sigma Delta-Desmos|volume=38|page=151

9. {{quote-journal|en|author=Peter Bradshaw|title=House of Sand and Fog|journal=The Guardian|date=27 February 2004|titleurl=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,1156884,00.html

10. A beating.