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Stocks are an old punishment device that holds people in place by the head and hands, or the feet. Strictly speaking, stocks only hold the feet and a pillory holds the head and hands.
Stocks were usually put in a public place, where the person being punished was humiliated. Passers-by were free to hurl abuse, rotten fruit or other filth at the person in the stocks.
Stocks were usually put in a public place, where the person being punished was humiliated. Passers-by were free to hurl abuse, rotten fruit or other filth at the person in the stocks.