"scragging" meaning in English

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          "text": "Adrian thought it worth while trying out his new slang. […] ‘That’s beastly talk, Thompson. Jolly well take it back or expect a good scragging.’",
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          "ref": "2022, Barry Anthony, Pimple's Progress: Fred Evans, Britain's First Film Comedy Star (page 57)",
          "text": "Consequently, the red nosed recipient of various duckings, scraggings, and backside beatings was soon to find himself presiding over the nine circles of hell in Pimple's Inferno […]"
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