English Explanatory Dictionary

pandy bat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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

Word forms

pandy bat pandy bats pandy-bat pandybat

Etymology

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

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