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Tawse

noun
1.
A leather strap for punishing children.





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"Tawse" Quotes from Famous Books



... she would send in Mrs. Crabtree with her tawse!" said Rosamond. "But is it right by Raymond to let his wife bring this Yankee muse to talk her ...
— The Three Brides • Charlotte M. Yonge
... wee Alec Johnstone to him, "wait till auld Clapper gie's ye a biff or twa wi' his muckle tawse. Do ye ken what he does to mak' them nippy? He burns them a wee bit in the fire, an' then st'eeps them in whusky. An' they're ...
— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh


Words linked to "Tawse" :   strap, Scotland


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