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tawse, taws [tɔːz] Chiefly Scot

(Social Science / Education) a leather strap having one end cut into thongs, formerly used as an instrument of punishment by a schoolteacher

(Social Science / Education) to punish (someone) with or as if with a tawse; whip

[probably plural of obsolete taw strip of leather; see taw²]

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tawse - a leather strap for punishing children

strap - whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging

Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

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