Tipping the lion

Tipping the lion

"Tipping the Lion" was the name given to a violent act committed by the London street gang Mohocks in the early 1700s. It involved finding in innocent person, crushing in their nose with a large piece of iron, and then gouging out their eyes with the thumbs.

References

*gangs
*"The Hellfire Club"
*secret societies
*"A Clockwork Orange"


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