subs. (colloquial).—To flog. Fr. coller du rototo.
1824. R. B. PEAKE, Americans Abroad, i. 1. I’ll LARRUP you till you can’t stand, if you hang chattering and stickling behind after this fashion.
1841. Punch, 17 July, p. 5. ‘Toby,’ says she, ‘go and see the old gentleman; perhaps it might comfort him to LARRUP you a little.’
1847. BULWER-LYTTON, Lucretia, II. xx. ‘I wanted sum un to take care of the childern, so I takes Peg into the ’ouse. But Lor! how she LARRUPPED ’em—she has a cruel heart.’
1854. DICKENS, Hard Times, v. ‘There was no rope-dancing for me! I danced on the bare ground, and was LARRUPED with the rope.’ Ibid. He tries to coax her into the stall to LARRUP her.
1867. W. H. SMYTH, Sailor’s Word-Book, s.v. LARRUP, An old word, meaning to beat a rope’s end, strap, or colt.
