"shot with a shovel" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1867 February 16, Sarah Johnson Cogswell Whittlesey, “Bertha the beauty: A story of the southern revolution”, in The Field and Fireside, page 2",
          "text": "I don't approve of petticoat government, as a general thing, but I'll be shot with a shovel if it ain't necessary with fellows like Stanhope!",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Cathy Kelly, What She Wants, page 490",
          "text": "I'll kill him for leaving you here all on your own. He should be shot with a shovel for thinking it's right to go off and leave you ...",
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          "ref": "2015 September, Mark Barry, “David Bowie - Five Years 1969-1973”, in Vine Voice",
          "text": "I'm probably going to be shot with a shovel for this but I've always thought 1972's \"Ziggy Stardust\" was a lesser album than 1971's \"Hunky Dory\" – but personal opinions aside - you can't argue that the 2012 Remaster isn’t anything but a wonder.",
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        "Severely admonished; castigated."
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        "(Ireland) Severely admonished; castigated."
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          "ref": "1867 February 16, Sarah Johnson Cogswell Whittlesey, “Bertha the beauty: A story of the southern revolution”, in The Field and Fireside, page 2",
          "text": "I don't approve of petticoat government, as a general thing, but I'll be shot with a shovel if it ain't necessary with fellows like Stanhope!",
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          "ref": "2009, Cathy Kelly, What She Wants, page 490",
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          "ref": "2015 September, Mark Barry, “David Bowie - Five Years 1969-1973”, in Vine Voice",
          "text": "I'm probably going to be shot with a shovel for this but I've always thought 1972's \"Ziggy Stardust\" was a lesser album than 1971's \"Hunky Dory\" – but personal opinions aside - you can't argue that the 2012 Remaster isn’t anything but a wonder.",
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        "(Ireland) Severely admonished; castigated."
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