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Synonyms for rawhide
Synonyms: Verb
birch, cowhide, flagellate, flail, flog, hide, horsewhip, lash, leather, scourge, slash, switch, tan, thrash, whale, whip
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a strict disciplinarian, the rancher would rawhide his disobedient sons until they were black and blueRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Kelliher-Combs used all natural materials creating hollow cones attached to strings: sheep and goat rawhide, wool yarn, steel wire, beeswax and nylon thread. — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, "Minneapolis Institute of Art exhibit is first to honor Native women artists," 7 June 2019 Jeffrey Gibson, also living in New York, has developed an international reputation for beaded figures and paintings on rawhide that reference his Choctaw heritage. — Kelly Crow, WSJ, "At Miami’s Art Fairs, a Somber Mood Sets In," 1 Dec. 2018 The figure of Cormery’s domineering grandmother, taking a rawhide switch to the troublemaking boy or up to her elbow in a toilet recovering a two-franc piece, is a synecdoche for the country’s intransigence and desperation. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Book Review: Classics Illustrated," 16 Nov. 2018 Gus was made to forage for meals, pulling chicken from a rawhide wrapper and coaxing a frozen mackerel out of a block of ice. — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, "Did humans drive this polar bear insane?," 13 July 2018 There’s a giant boxer-faced dog there, under the table, gnawing on rawhide. — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, "Mum’s the Word," 4 June 2017 The recall was for multiple brands of rawhide dog chews sold in the U.S. and made in South America. — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Middleton-based Spectrum Brands looks to sell batteries and appliances units," 3 Jan. 2018 Big-time programs are on him like a dog on rawhide. — Joe Davidson, sacbee, "‘A freak show’: Tremblay’s work in trenches draws recruits in ARC’s win over Sac City," 21 Oct. 2017 Big-time programs are on him like a dog on rawhide. — Joe Davidson, sacbee, "‘A freak show’: Tremblay’s work in trenches draws recruits in ARC’s win over Sac City," 21 Oct. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
After six months of being whipped once a week with sticks and rawhide thongs — arbitrary punishment was used to stunt a slave’s dangerous sense of personhood — Douglass fought his tormentor. — George Will, National Review, "Remembering Frederick Douglass, Champion of American Individualism," 31 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rawhide.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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