order-mark

A form of order mark — A formal black mark given to a pupil for bad behaviour.

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Meanings

nounorder-mark (plural order-marks)

plural order-marks

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of order mark.

    "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." […] "Take two order-marks for talking nonsense," said Miss Frizzle.

    1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “order-mark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/order-mark.

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