What is "drubbings"

Usage examples of "drubbings".

His arms and shoulders ached from the drubbings he had taken in his last blade-sparring sessions with Saryn and Ryba in the half darkness of the fifth level of the tower.

After the debacle in Illinois, followed by severe drubbings in the northeastern states where television evangelists had a bit of an image problem, Sweigel had stayed in the race anyway, as a broker for the evangelical vote.

He had had to endure three more drubbings by overzealous MP officers until a special order was circulated explaining the position of Fleet versus Ground Force personnel.

He'd gotten more than a few drubbings at first, but had caught up with most of those in the training company.

His fists clenched as he thought of the verbal drubbings he would administer to the other physicists who had been rash enough to disagree with him.

For you went forth injustice to abate, And for your pains sore drubbings did you get From many a rascally and ruffian crew.