Pronunciations (2)
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/kʌts/
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/kʊts/
Pronunciation notes
- Northern-England
Noun
Corporal punishment at school.
Usage- Australia
- New-Zealand
- Dated
- Historical
- plural
- Plural only
- with-definite-article
- Examples
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‘I′ll give you something to keep you awake, McFadyen!’ Ape shouted. Meat was taken off to the staff room and given the cuts.
He reckons that about 80% of the boys in the school regularly received the cuts from Mr Saunders so he didn′t feel as if he was being unduly picked on.
More examples (1)
My greatest happiness is that Sebastian is having a good time at school and has never been given the cuts.