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woodshed

  • n  a shed for storing firewood or garden tools

  • Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis may be in for much more than a trip to the woodshed.
  • Catholic academics in the US had expected Benedict to take them to the woodshed.
  • All summer thick-thighed youngsters and greying masters of modern dance had been hard at work in their various sylvan woodsheds, chipping and chopping at works both new old.
News & Articles

  • First Solar May Have Just Signaled It's Overvalued
    Editor's note: Less than an hour before the close, First Solar was down $4.75, or 9.08%, to $47.54. This piece was originally posted at 11:40 a.m. EDT. NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of First Solar were taken to the woodshed after investors learned of sales delays and a shelf offering of up to 9.98 million shares of stock. First Solar expects delays in some key sales closing dates. The result is ...
    June 12, 2013 - TheStreet.com
Quotes

  • Arron Oberholser in Newsday
    I think he would take Bobby Jones behind the woodshed,Arron Oberholser said of the golf legend. "No disrespect to Bobby Jones, but you're dealing with an athlete of just incredible ability. And no one in history has had the ability that...
  • David Stockman in North County Times
    Stockman said later he was "taken to the woodshed" for his comments.
  • Patrick Leahy in USA Today
    On Wednesday, Sen. Patrick Leahy said President Bush should call Nicholson "into the woodshed" because of the theft of personal data involving some 26.5 million veterans.

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