Friday, June 26, 2009

Ff: Frogmarch


Noun
a method of carrying a resisting person in which each limb is held and the victim is face downwards
Verb
to carry in a frogmarch or cause to move forward unwillingly

Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

His loss numbed him; he could scarcely feel it. It frogmarched him through his days.

Thirty Three Swoons Martha Cooley

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