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tawse

/tɔːz

(also taws)

noun Scottish

A thong with a slit end, formerly used in schools for punishing children.The Hootsmon has not shrunk from criticising the Scottish education system and - from time to time - has taken a tawse to its naked hurdies....

The school deserves praise for its initiative, and it's a far better means of improving behaviour than thrashing unruly children with the tawse.
The use of the tawse, a then popular and widely accepted form of punishment in Scottish schools, did not infringe the European Convention.

Origin

Early 16th century (denoting a whip for driving a spinning top): apparently the plural of obsolete taw 'tawed leather', from taw¹.

单词	tawse
释义	tawse /tɔːz / (also taws) noun Scottish A thong with a slit end, formerly used in schools for punishing children.The Hootsmon has not shrunk from criticising the Scottish education system and - from time to time - has taken a tawse to its naked hurdies.... The school deserves praise for its initiative, and it's a far better means of improving behaviour than thrashing unruly children with the tawse. The use of the tawse, a then popular and widely accepted form of punishment in Scottish schools, did not infringe the European Convention. Origin Early 16th century (denoting a whip for driving a spinning top): apparently the plural of obsolete taw 'tawed leather', from taw¹. Rhymes applause, Azores, cause, clause, Dors, drawers, gauze, hawse, indoors, Laws, outdoors, pause, plus-fours, quatorze, Santa Claus, taws, yaws, yours
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