(slang, obsolete) To be taken through the streets on a cart while being whipped, as a punishment for certain crimes.
I had a mighty queer adventure in communion with that foul toad, Titus Oates, whom I afterwards rejoiced to see crying carrots and turnips, with all London looking on.
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