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1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 54:
Opposite the almshouses is the bow-fronted post office and shop, while near by, beneath the trees on the green, is the old whipping post and stocks, the latter pierced by five holes.
(nautical, plural only) The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
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