Evening Post: August 12, 1899.
“She immediately alighted, caught hold of the astonished youth, and gave him a sound thrashing, using her fists in a scientific fashion…”I would love to know what this means.
I think that might be code for “punched him in the balls with devastating accuracy”.
Victorian newspapers make my life worth living.
scientific, i imagine in the way one would say “he has excellent science.” it was a term used in boxing, when the boxer had particularly good or precise technique.