hookswinging [hoo k-swing-ing] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
Origin of hookswinging First recorded in 1890–95; hook1 + swing1 + -ing1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for hook-swinging Historical Examples of hook-swinging
They are however no credit to their religion, for one of their principal ceremonies is hook-swinging.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)
Charles Eliot
The hook-swinging ceremony is said69 to be sometimes performed after the consent of the goddess has been obtained.
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India
Edgar Thurston