英语词汇give a wigging的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	give a wigging
词源	give a wigging. Mark the origin uncertain for this expres- sion, meaning to “give a severe rebuke, reprimand, or angry tongue lashing to someone.” But the term, first recorded in 1813, may derive from the wigs that British justices wear, or there may be a connection with the bigwigs of the day.
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