subs. (common).—A thrashing. For synonyms, see TANNING.
1853. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, ii., p. 33. May the Gown give the Town a jolly good HIDING.
1864. MARK LEMON, The Jest Book, p. 236. Some people have a notion that villany ought to be exposed, though we must confess we think it a thing that deserves a HIDING.
1871. All the Year Round, 18 Feb., p. 288. Served me right if I’d got a HIDING.
1883. Pall Mall Gazette, 16 April, p. 7, c. 2. They should stone ail boys they met who were not members of the society, or in default themselves receive a good HIDING.
1888. The Sportsman, 22 Dec. The chairman told Deakin he could scarcely expect anything but a HIDING for being connected with such a scurrilous publication.
1891. Licensed Victuallers’ Mirror, 30 Jan., p. 7, c. 1. Before Paddock could claim the victory, which cost the Redditch fighter one of the severest HIDINGS he ever had to put up with.
