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TAWSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leather strap for punishing children
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tawse" is a kind of...):
strap (whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging)
Domain region:
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)