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pillory

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Noun — A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

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Etymology

Came into English via Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which itself comes either from Old Occitan espilori or from Latin pīla ("pillar").

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