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thwacking en · NOUN
Meanings
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The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
The next day he realised that, glorious as his hiding place was as an escape from books and thwackings, it had its disadvantages: the chief was that there was nothing to eat and drink, and that is a very serious thing for a growing boy […]
1907, W. Jenkyn Thomas, The Welsh Fairy Book:
Forms
thwacking en · VERB
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of thwack