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present participle and gerund of thwack examples
plural thwackings
The action or sound of a thwack; a beating. quotations examples
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