Botany Bay dozen

English en Pronunciation en EN-AU ck1 Botany Bay dozen.ogg AU Noun Botany Bay dozen en Australia slang obsolete or historical 25 lashes, i.e. strokes of a whip across a person's back as a punishment.Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore, 1987, paperback 1996 1-86046-150-6, chapter 12. en 1893 Frank Murcott Bladen Historical Records of New South Wales: Papers Relating to Grose and Paterson, 1793-1795 2 796 http://books.google.com/books?id=rb4NAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Botany+Bay+dozen%22&dq=%22Botany+Bay+dozen%22&hl=en&ei=QSCYTuD3EMGViQfE_dWrAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCQ If guilty, he is taken to a cart-wheel to receive a Botany Bay dozen, which is twenty-five lashes ;. en 1948 w:Eleanor Dark Storm of Time 1963 Collins http://books.google.com/books?id=9w4rAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Botany+Bay+dozen%22&dq=%22Botany+Bay+dozen%22&hl=en&ei=sCCYTrjhCsPfmAWDuIWkAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBTgK 58 “Will they be strung up for a Botany Bay dozen like we are if we so much as squeak? Not those fine gentlemen, with their uniforms an' their pockets full o' gold!” en 2003 Mary Hawkins Australian Outback: Four Journeys to a New Country Ride on the Wings of Faith and Love 47 http://books.google.com/books?id=JzjXRfYtBfMC&q=%22Botany+Bay+dozen%22&dq=%22Botany+Bay+dozen%22&hl=en&ei=ACWYTubtE-eaiQeWi7mzCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBTge He gave a harsh snort and said angrily, “A Botany Bay dozen is not twelve. It's twenty-five, and more than capable of exposing a man's backbone.” Synonyms en tester References