taws
Example Sentences
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Nor is it to be obviated, we fear, by any expression of extra solemnity thrown into the pedagogical face, or even by the taking of places or the taws.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John
From that moment he ruled them by his eye, the taws vanished.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
"You deserve the taws about your back, sirrah, to forget my sacred office so far as to speak so," said the minister.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
He re-seated her, and taking the taws from her trembling hand, carried it himself to the tyrant.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
Clearly his Dominie had not abused the taws.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
