v. dial. and colloq. Also larrop, lirrop. trans. To beat, flog, thrash. Hence Larruping vbl. sb.
1823. E. Moor, Suffolk Words, 208. Larrup, to beat—similar to lace, lather [etc.].
1824. Peake, Amer. Abr., I. i. I’ll larrup you till you can’t stand.
a. 1825. Jennings, Observ. Dial. W. Eng., 53. To Lirrop, to beat. This is said to be a corruption of the sea term, lee-rope.
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Larrup.
1829. Fonblanque, Eng. under 7 Administr. (1837), I. 246. Is this a land of liberty, where a man can’t larrop his own nigger?
1833–4. Jack Giant K., V. xiv. in Comic Nursery T. (1846), v. 44. Drinking success to the hero scout Who larruped the Giants out-and-out.
1874. M. Collins, Transmigr., I. xii. 221. He larruped me once when I was a boy for throwing stones at a cat.
1889. ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Robbery under Arms (1890), 156. ‘Your father’ll give you a fine larrupin’ if he comes home and there’s that cow lost.’
1893. Zincke, Wherstead, 261. Here [in East Anglia] the former used in old times to ‘larrup’ his idle disorderly boys.
