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Word: Tawse
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 16th century (denoting a whip for driving a spinning top): apparently the plural of obsolete taw ‘tawed leather’, from taw
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
tɔːz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a thong with a slit end, formerly used in schools for punishing children.
Short Definition:thong with slit end, formerly used in schools for punishing children
Variant Forms:
- taws
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