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Definition of bastinado:

(n) : a blow with a stick or cudgel; a sound beating with a stick or cudgel, specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet
(v) : to punish someone by beating someone on the bare soles of the feet, usign a stick or truncheon
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Definition of bastinado:

(n) : a blow with a stick or cudgel; a sound beating with a stick or cudgel, specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet
(v) : to punish someone by beating someone on the bare soles of the feet, usign a stick or truncheon

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