Botany Bay dozen
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Botany Bay dozen
noun Botany Bay dozens
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25 lashes, i.e. strokes of a whip across a person's back as a punishment.
If guilty, he is taken to a cart-wheel to receive a Botany Bay dozen, which is twenty-five lashes ;[…].
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title = {Botany Bay dozen},
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