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July 18, 2021 06:35 pm GMT
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The terrible origin of the term "whipping boy"
In early modern Europe, it was common for tutors to whip their students as a form of punishment. However, some historians believe that when it was time for a prince to receive punishment from his tutor, a "whipping boy" was punished instead. — Read the rest
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