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Definition of Birched
1. birch [v] - See also: birch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birched
Literary usage of Birched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ups and Downs of a Wandering Life by Walter Seymour (1910)
"No questions were asked, but the whole roomful was birched. I remember a small,
funny little boy, who was a frequent sufferer. ..."
2. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"(She birched her sons; on one occasion she birched Napoleon when he was sixteen.)
There were numerous brothers and sisters, and the family pursued the ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"You must be birched again." " Beg y' pardon. Sir. ... I don't mind bein' birched
by the Drum-Major, Sir, nor yet reported by any Corp'ral, but I'm—but I ..."
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