Cuts
Noun
plural
- Plural of cut
- (Australia, dated or historical, with "the") Corporal punishment at school.
- 1995, Bill Marsh, Ape, Old Yanconian Daze, given+the+cuts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EvI0T6ykNevTmAXNtOGfAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22received|given%20the%20cuts%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 110,‘I′ll give you something to keep you awake, McFadyen!’ Ape shouted.Meat was taken off to the staff room and given the cuts.
- 2001, Lyall Ford, Poorhouse to Paradise: The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town, given%22+%22the+cuts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&num=100#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&tbm=bks&source=hp&q=%22received|given+the+cuts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor%3A%22%22&psj=1&oq=%22received|given+the+cuts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor%3A%22%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=12&gs_upl=46744l46744l0l49153l1l1l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=839dd3e65de4a64c&biw=1280&bih=921 page 55,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.
- 2008, Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate, given+the+cuts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=je00T_iQMeSJmQXRhfn7AQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22received|given%20the%20cuts%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 250,My greatest happiness is that Sebastian is having a good time at school and has never been given the cuts.
