shame-stroke

noun

The act of cutting off or stabbing a man's buttocks, in ancient times symbolically representing anal rape.

Meanings

nounshame-stroke (plural shame-strokes)

plural shame-strokes

  1. historicalThe act of cutting off or stabbing a man's buttocks, in ancient times symbolically representing anal rape.
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