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• Kiss the Rod - Kiss the Rod (To). To submit to punishment or misfortune meekly and without murmuring. Source: ...
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• Rod - Rod To kiss the rod. (See Kiss The Rod.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, ...
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