Timeline for Idiom meaning to give a stern lecture
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| Feb 13 at 20:39 | comment | added | NL_Derek | In my experience (southern England, 1950-1980) "what for" would be a physjcal punishment, a punch, slap or kick. | |
| Feb 13 at 16:37 | comment | added | Mitch | This sounds not unfamiliar, but can you give a full sentence with it? (and possibly a link where someone has used it). Is it regional do you think? | |
| Feb 13 at 8:04 | history | answered | Jasen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |