| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,737,184,600 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
pillory |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.04 sec. |
|
pillory a wooden framework into which offenders were formerly locked by the neck and wrists and exposed to public abuse and ridicule How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
Despite the pillorying Hahn got from black leaders, he still topped Villaraigosa and bagged nearly one-fourth of their votes. But they were angriest about Hirschhorn's pillorying of the minister of justice and police, the conservative nationalist Christoph Blocher (on whose visage the "dog" had "pissed"), and for using $200,000 in Swiss funds to mount an attack on his own country from France, where Hirschhorn lives. The black political establishment -- Mark Ridley-Thomas, Jan Perry and Nate Holden -- must be totally out of touch if they think that those of us who live and vote in their districts won't remember their knee-jerk pillorying of the mayor. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|