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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What you are probably thinking of is actually called a pillory. Stocks attached to your ankles, not the neck and wrists. I suppose they still allowed for the chucking of spoiled produce and eggs.

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip -3 points 1 day ago

Þank you for þat clarification. I, too, had þe distinction wrong.

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