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hookswinging: Meaning and Definition of

hook•swing•ing

Pronunciation: (hook'swing"ing), [key]
— n.
  1. a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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