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1 cucking stool
cucking stool, cuckstool[ kuk(ing)-] 〈 geschiedenis〉1 schandstoel 〈waarop heksen e.d. als straf vastgebonden werden en te pronk gesteld of te water gegooid〉 ⇒ 〈 ongeveer〉 schandpaal
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Public humiliation — was often used by local communities to punish minor and petty criminals before the age of large, modern prisons (imprisonment was long unusual as a punishment, rather a method of coercion). Contents 1 Shameful exposure 2 Painful humiliation 2.1… … Wikipedia
