shellack v.
lit. and fig., to beat, to thrash, to punish; thus shellacker n.
Hartford Courant 25 June 12: [headline] LUQUE'S STREAK ENDS WHEN CUBS SHELLAC REDS, 2 TO 0. | ||
Hartford Courant 15: [headline] Giants beat Reds in ninth; Cubs shellac Boston Braves. | ||
Eve. Tribune (Providence, RI) 3 June n.p.: When the opportunity came in the third he took full advantage of it and shellacked Norton plenty, ripping both hands to the mid-section with much power behind each drive. | ||
TAD Lex. (1993) 72: After Tunney shellacked him in the Windy City, Dempsey put on his kelly, fixed his collar and retired from the turf. | in Zwilling||
Argot: Dict. of Und. Sl. 44: shellack – to beat up. | ||
Western Daily Press (Exeter) 18 Sept. 6/2: We have given the U-boats a good shellackin. | ||
N.Y. Age 31 Aug. 10/5: He shellacked his wife...do you blame the guy? | ‘Observation Post’ in||
Runyon à la Carte 35: The bombs are shellacking the surrounding buildings. | ||
Jimmy Brockett 86: I’d seen a bloke once after a push had shellacked him, and a junk man wouldn’t have given two bob for him. | ||
Get Your Ass in the Water (1974) 146: Say, there was asshole shellackers and shitpackers / and freaks who drunk blood from a menstruatin’ womb. | ||
Killshot 59: Possibly getting shellacked by Coldiron had started his fuse burning. | ||
It (1987) 272: When the Washington Senators kicked off the baseball season (usually getting themselves shellacked in the process). | ||
Tallahassee Democrat (FL) 25 June 12/1: Managers learn that there’s more to their trade than giving a steal sign or pulling a tired pitcher before he’s shellacked. | ||
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) 31 Aug. D05/4: He was shellacked for 10 hits and six runs. | ||
Springfield News (MO) 11 Nov. 23/5: He’s so shifty and low to the ground [...] and tough enough to shake it off if he gets shellacked. |