flogs someone round the fleet

A form of flog someone round the fleet — To row a prisoner around the fleet, where he would receive a number of lashes at each ship in turn, as a penalty for serious offences.

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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of flog someone round the fleet
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