pandy bat

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. (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 Ireland,historical
    — 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 […]

词形变化

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词源

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