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strap

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1710, OED Evaluation: N/A

as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: You see- you can 't do that, yeah and that 's the other thing, like we used to have the strap in school, that 's like the- the even in school like what you can and can 't do, like the abu-- not the abuse but- you can 't lift a finger to a child. ... Whereas now we- the strap was out there when we were younger. You know- ... There- there 's no discipline. ... You can 't discipline a child ...
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Um, did they give the strap out? Did they do the strap? Speaker: I guess so but I- I don 't think I got the strap at school, but I got the strap at home sometimes.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Was it different in school as well ah strap, and more discipline and more Speaker: Yeah the strap was it. Interviewer: Did you ever get the strap? Speaker: No. Very few girls did. I got spanked once, by Miss-B, but Interviewer: Do you remember what you did? Speaker: Talking in school. (laughing) Interviewer: ... Do you remember boys getting the strap though? Speaker: Yeah, it was a big procedure, because they would bring a great big- what seemed like a huge black leg-- ledger and they 'd write your name in, and they would have the strap, and they would strap the child in front of the class, which I don 't think was necessary.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
Speaker: I mean that 's what discipline is. A lot of discipline is to frighten you into towing the line. Interviewer: What sorts of things would get a boy in trouble enough to get the strap? Speaker: Um, stealing, destruction, it had to be pretty bad, fighting. But they didn 't use knives.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Did they use the strap when you were in school? Speaker: Was there the strap when I was in school. I never- I never received it and I don 't ever remember hearing anybody having got the- got the belt for doing anything.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Can you remember any like terrible [teachers]? Speaker: Well there were few guys with l-- th-- at that time the strap still existed and you-know p-- Interviewer: Did you get the strap? Speaker: I didn 't get the strap. I got spanked once by a teacher, which would be entirely inappropriate today, but um you- know some of them had anger-management-problems, let 's just put it that way.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
No, they 're afraid to (inc) and they don 't do the strap anymore, and I 've had clients that said "Boy, once I got that strap, I was afraid to get it again."
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
... I finally said well, "What do the letters T-T-C stand for?" Ah, the answer of course was Toronto-toilet-cleaners. You-know it was a kid 's joke, the- the whole class just roared with laughter, so she ordered me out of the class into the hall and then she came out and gave me the strap.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
... the guy behind me, I d-- he prob-- he probably did it- stepped on my heel. And of course I stumbled out of the line, so the teacher grabbed me, I got the strap for that.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
Uh, one time I did deserve to get a strap, I got a terrible one where another kid and I had a fist fight in the school yard in recess, and uh, well you- know they have a teacher was monitor, so he grabbed the both of us, and put us up in front of his class, I guess to embarrass us and give his class entertainment, so he gave both of us strap, one after the other back and forth, and ho- that was the worst beating I ever had in my life ... I was so sore, terrible beating. Well, that was the worst one I had. But, once I got into high-school I never had the strap again.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: So did you ah- now did you change your parenting methods though compared to your parents or? Speaker: Yeah I- I guess. I didn't- used the hand a few times but didn't have the strap. There's a couple of- of children that needed to be tuned in.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
I-mean the- the things now its just so tight but I- I think that back then there was more discipline like family discipline than there is now. ... you-know my dad had a- a strap about so wide and so long and I had it a few times. I don't think it really did all that much damage so.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: I can remember getting in real kaka one day for throwing snowballs at the girls across the line. ... Interviewer: So how bad was the kaka? Speaker: Oh not bad, I ah- I never did get the strap. This was back in the strap days. ... I went to school in the strap days, I never got the strap so I wasn't that bad a guy really. (laughs) I never got the strap ...
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
... I can remember her taking me in to the principal, ... and I can remember sitting there waiting, like I was sure I was gonna get the strap. ... I was scared. 'Cause I was- I was small. I ca-- can't remember what grade it was. But I was scared. I I figured I was gonna get 'er. And I- I don't remember a bit what he said to me or if he said anything to me or- or-what. All I kn-- all I remember is that I did not get the strap.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
Interviewer: Did you think you were going to be sent home? Speaker: No I don't think so, no. I thought the strap was the thing (laughs). ... But I never did get the strap, nope. And I spent nine years there, at Queen-Alex from kindergarten right through grade-eight and I never- no I never had the strap.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
Speaker: Mom probably woulda had a little bit to say. ... She was the disciplinarian. ... I got the sorta strap from her. ... I can remember getting a- a- a little like- we'd would- she'd make us go out and pick a- a- a little ... stick off the maple-tree, and we'd get the whack- we'd get whacked over our bare bums with that. Ah- or the wooden-spoon.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
I 'member in- like when I went to Otomby-Valley-School, so that was about grade-six or so, but there was kids getting the strap but I never did. Yeah. Um but they'd take- they'd um have to go to the principal's office and then they'd say, "I got the strap." or-something. Yeah
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
A girl and I were doing the boards and she touched this drawing in Miss-Hayward's room, with wet hands and Miss-Hayward noticed it, more-or-less that I did it, and I said, "No I didn't do it." And the other girl, "Oh yes she did." And I didn't but- and I also got the strap.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Oh I got in trouble at King-George though. I threw a snowball and hit a w-- I was supposed to hit a person but I hit the window and broke the window. Interviewer: Oh good move Lee! Speaker: Yeah and that's when they gave you the strap. I remember that. Interviewer: Oh so you got it? You got the strap. ... Cross my hands, you have to hold it out like this. Interviewer: How many times? Speaker: I only got three times.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
ExampleMeaning
You know what? My husband talks about getting the strap, but that was at a different school, but I mean, I don't really remember- I remember it talked about. To say I knew somebody that got it, w-- when I was going to school, no. But my husband is the same age and went to a different school and he said he got the strap.
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.