Flog-bottomist

//ˌflɒɡˈbɒtəmɪst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A teacher or tutor with a propensity for caning students. UK, obsolete

Etymology

From flog + bottom (“buttocks”) + -ist.

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