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 Scor’pion.Scot. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Scor’pions.
 
Whips armed with metal or knotted cords.   1
        “My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”—I Kings xii. 11.
 


 Scor’pion.Scot. 

 
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