What is a punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. Wright called?
cob — A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. Wright. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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