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BIRCH ROD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
Example:
my father never spared the birch
Synonyms:
birch; birch rod
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("birch rod" is a kind of...):
switch (a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment)
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