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pandy bat

noun

Etymology

pandy + bat Perhaps also a pun on the Latin pendebat "you paid".

  1. derived from pendebat "you paid"

Definitions

  1. (originally) a stout leather strap reinforced internally with whalebone or even lead, and…

    (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

    • The soutane sleeve swished again as the pandybat was lifted and a loud crashing sound and a fierce maddening tingling burning pain made his hand shrink together […]

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