A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied hisvictims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretchedor cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence themetaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/8585/procrustesRSS for NodeWed, 08 Jul 2026 18:32:07 GMTTue, 21 Mar 2017 19:23:09 GMT60A horrible [STD] that originated from the infamous greek torturer Procrustes. The [Jews] got this disease from being pushed into the bed of procrustes where they found themselves infected by the nightmarish disease. Some of the [Jews] ancestors today have Procrustes, and it continues to spread by [kissing], or [sex].

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