pandy-bat

A form of pandy bat — (originally) a stout leather strap reinforced internally with whalebone or even lead, and used at Jesuit schools to inflict corporal punishment on pupils by striking the palm; (latterly, sometimes) more loosely applied to any punishment bat

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Meanings

nounpandy-bat (plural pandy-bats)

plural pandy-bats

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pandy bat.
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