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Definition of Bethwack
1. to thrash soundly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bethwack
Literary usage of Bethwack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"thwack, bethwack (intensive), belabor, box, buffet, clour (Scot, or
dial.), cob (colloq.), crack (chiefly slang), dash, flail, hurtle (rare), job, smash, ..."
2. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"... purposely pass the matter by until it happens again (which I do not expect)
in which case I will so bethwack his reverence with such spiritual cudgels, ..."
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