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taws
CIDE DICTIONARY
taws, n. [See Taw to beat.].
A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster. [1913 Webster]
"Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
taws, n. (also tawse) Sc. hist. a thong with a slit end formerly used in schools for punishing children.
Etymology
app. pl. of obs. taw tawed leather, f. TAW(1)
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