poundings

Updated: June 2, 2025

And then, when it does go through, there is young Forrester of the Fourth ready for it, and next moment it is back in its old place in the middle of the "mush." In due time, out it comes again this time on Wren's side and once again, after a short run, there it is again, on almost the identical spot of earth where it has undergone its last two poundings.

Talbot Baines Reed - The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's : A School Story