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3 | 36% | 6 | A switch or rod used for corporal punishment | |
Tree Used In Corporal Punishment Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "BIRCH" which means:
- noun
- • Hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
- • Any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus betula having a thin peeling bark
- • A switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment adjective satellite
- • Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree verb
- • Whip with a birch twig
An example sentence would be:
- • "The birch tree swayed gently in the breeze."
- • "We sat on a blanket beneath the shade of the birch."
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