Meanings
nounorder mark (plural order marks)
plural order marks · alternative order-mark
- UKhistoricaleducationA formal black mark given to a pupil for bad behaviour.
If a child loses five or more points for his House he automatically gets an order mark.
1958, Abdul Hakim, Better Schools, page 471 more example
"If you don't attend, Gwendolen," said the mistress, "and stop looking out of the window, I shall have to give you an order-mark."
1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
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