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birch rod

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Noun1.birch rod - a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch"
birch
switch - a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment


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See, the birch rod has lost several of its twigs, and will hardly serve for another execution.
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