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Punishing Rod Crossword Clue

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noun

• a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children

40%6Punishing rod: Var.
noun

• A ferule.

• A stroke from a cane.

• The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.

37%8Punishing with a slender rod
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