British historical punishment (birching – beating with birch rod).
Birch
Etymology & History
British corporal punishment. British judicial punishment tree wood. Birching British sentence historical. Victorian British discipline. Abolished 1948. Reflects British penal history.
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General British
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Era
Victorian
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Language
Mild
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Formality
Informal
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