CANE, CANING
ADJECTIVES
1710 ► BACULINE pert. to punishment by caning or flogging
NOUNS
– a cane SIMON c1850 Brit. school usage
– a cane WHANGEE L18
– a caning or thrashing at school BUTTOCK PENANCE E18 sl.
– a flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule LIMBER JACK 1860 Amer. dial.
– a flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule LIMBER JIM 1940 Amer. dial.
– a light cane, a switch JEMMY 1753 obs. rare
– a stroke with a cane CAKE 19C Christ’s Hospital School usage
– six strokes of the cane SIXER 1927 school sl.
VERBS
19C ► CAKE to cane → Christ’s Hospital School usage
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