This morning, I looked up "shellacking" (context: US Ryder Cup performance) in the Cambridge dictionary. Love the Dodger reference...
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Meaning of shellacking in English
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shellacking
noun [ C usually singular ]
US informal
uk
/ʃəˈlæk.ɪŋ/ /ˈʃel.æk.ɪŋ/ us
/ʃəˈlæk.ɪŋ/ /ˈʃel.æk.ɪŋ/
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a complete defeat:
The Dodgers took a shellacking (= were defeated by many points).
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Meaning of shellacking in English
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shellacking
noun [ C usually singular ]
US informal
uk
/ʃəˈlæk.ɪŋ/ /ˈʃel.æk.ɪŋ/ us
/ʃəˈlæk.ɪŋ/ /ˈʃel.æk.ɪŋ/
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a complete defeat:
The Dodgers took a shellacking (= were defeated by many points).
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