Brewer's: Scorpions

Whips armed with metal or knotted cords.

“My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”- 1. Kings xii. 11.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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