caning

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This caning is a punishment, and is meted out to boys who are caught smoking, to boys who may be untidy or to those who break their leave a short time.

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  1. something made of interlaced slender branches of especially willow.

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  1. work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

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  • I know from Nikis 'boyfriend Cameron that the four "very hard" strokes she received at the end of her forty-or-so-stroke caning were the hardest strokes he had ever seen delivered by anyone. —  Pandora's Blog
  • And I know that the first ten strokes of the hard caning will be the worst. —  Pandora's Blog
  • My guess is that the ICA were threatening them with imprisonment and caning -- these being the penalties for illegal overstaying -- and pressuring him to accept an injustice. —  The Online Citizen
  • So if caning is allowed, what will happen to teachers abusing children? —  Malaysiakini
  • You know I detest caning, and I really could not do it, never having had occasion for it for months together. —  St. Winifred's, or The World of School
 

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