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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Tunding

A thrashing with ashen sticks given to a school-fellow by one of the monitors or “praefects” of Winchester school, for breach of discipline. (Latin tundo, to beat or bruise.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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