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Birch rod   /bərtʃ rɑd/   Listen
Birch rod

noun
1.
A switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment.  Synonym: birch.





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"Birch rod" Quotes from Famous Books



... The birch rod and the Bible were the Parents' Complete Guide to domestic management in Puritan days, and no one can deny that this treatment, though rather a heroic one, seems to have produced fine, strong, self-denying ...
— Children's Rights and Others • Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin


Words linked to "Birch rod" :   switch


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