bollocking
English
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Noun
[edit]bollocking (plural bollockings)
- (taboo slang, chiefly non-US) A severe reprimand.
- 2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 42:
- " […] He told me what to expect, he didn't wrap me in cotton wool, and was always a great guide who treated me the same as everybody else, which is really what I needed. He didn't treat me any differently from the male managers in his team. I got a bollocking the same way everyone else did!"
Translations
[edit]severe reprimand
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