FLOGGER

flogger, scourger

(noun) a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flogger (plural floggers)

One who flogs.

(BDSM) A lightweight whip with multiple lashes.

Source: Wiktionary


Flog"ger, n.

1. One who flogs.

2. A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung. Knight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUMMIT

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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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