buck breaking
The act of publicly punishing a male slave, typically by flogging him, and in some…The act of publicly punishing a male slave, typically by flogging him, and in some cases subsequently sexually assaulting or raping him in front of other slaves, in order to humiliate him.
Meaning
1 senses(offensive, uncountable)The act of publicly punishing a male slave, typically by flogging him, and in some cases subsequently sexually assaulting or raping him in front of other slaves, in order to humiliate him.
Origin
buck (in derogatory US sense of a black man) + breaking (as in breaking a horse)buck (in derogatory US sense of a black man) + breaking (as in breaking a horse)
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable