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tawse

  • /tɔːz/

Rhymes with -ɔːz

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Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier.

noun tawses · taws

  1. Scotland A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks. I lay about me with the taws That night and morning I may thrash Greek Alexander from my flesh, […]

verb tawses · tawsing · tawsed

  1. Scotland, transitive To beat with a tawse.

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"tawse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tawse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tawse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tawse

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"tawse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tawse.

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@misc{tawse_2026,
  title = {tawse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tawse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}