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Clout

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1400, OED Evaluation: Dialectal or vulgar

A heavy blow, esp. with the hand

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Bout a hundred times when I went to school. Well I don't know 'bout a hundred times, but it happened on a fairly frequent basis. The principle would give them five clouts in each hand, or ten, or- but you had to.
Heavy blow with the hand or hard object.
Speaker: Lee Hogan, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 76, Interview: 2012, Haliburton
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