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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: pilori

pillory

2 noun
     
Related topics: Jail and punishment
pillory2 plural pillories [countable]
SCJ a wooden frame with holes for someone's head and hands to be locked into, used in the past as a way of publicly punishing someone

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