glassing
n.— «Surgeon Gordian Fulde has seen more than his fair share of people sliced open in glassing attacks.…“We get people who we have to stitch up all over their body from being attacked with a glass or a broken bottle.”…Glassings were a large part of pub life in the United Kingdom years ago but has been dramatically reduced in certain cities.» —“Beer glasses, a deadly weapon” by Rhett Watson Daily Telegraph (Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia) Oct. 30, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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