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order mark en · NOUN

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1. (UK, historical) A formal black mark given to a pupil for bad behaviour.
   • "If you don't attend, Gwendolen," said the mistress, "and stop looking out of the window, I shall have to give you an order-mark." 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia:
   • If a child loses five or more points for his House he automatically gets an order mark. 1958, Abdul Hakim, Better Schools, page 47:

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