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flog-bottomist

noun
/ˌflɒɡˈbɒtəmɪst/UK

Etymology

From flog + bottom (“buttocks”) + -ist.

  1. inherited from *bʰudʰmḗn✻ — “bottom”
  2. derived from *butmaz✻ — “bottom; ground”
  3. derived from *butm✻
  4. inherited from botm,bodan — “bottom, foundation; ground, abyss”
  5. inherited from botme,botom
  6. formed as flog-bottomist — “flog + bottom + -ist”

Definitions

  1. A teacher or tutor with a propensity for caning students.

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