cuts n.2
(Aus./N.Z.) constr. with the, corporal punishment, esp. of schoolchildren.
![]() | Mountain Flat 48: School’s in, Mr Westfield. Give Ted Sutton the cuts if he’s late [AND]. | |
![]() | When Wind Blows 14: [You] would get the cuts for sure [DNZE]. | |
![]() | More Wellington Days 100: I think it was brother Augustine who initiated the lay-by system of ‘cuts.’. | |
![]() | Shadow of Wings 99: There was no law against caning, I’d had the ‘cuts’ plenty of times [AND]. | |
![]() | Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 33/2: cuts corporal punishment in antipodean schools; eg ‘It wasn’t fair the whole class getting the cuts, old Jolly knew which ones were the culprits.’. | |
![]() | Age (Melbourne) Good Weekend 6 Nov. 41/2: His contact was such that he got the cuts 86 times in one semester. | |
![]() | Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988]. |