“I’ve just been Beaten” - Moonglow
Despite his substantial age, he gave the boy six of the very best. The problems in the class decreased sharply, but the boy’s Housemaster was furious. He brought the matter up at the masters’ weekly meeting and claimed it was his prerogative …
Six of the best - wipipedia.org
Six of the best is a phrase that refers to a (chiefly British) method of physical punishment. "Six of the best" was a classic punishment for boys. Six strokes or "cuts" are delivered with a cane onto the delinquent's buttocks. The punishment could be given either on the seat of the trousers or shorts, on the briefs, or on the bare bottom.
Education: Six of the Best - TIME
Smiling, Wildman suggested “Six of the best, in the place that seems to have been provided by nature for the purpose.” At that point, Headmaster Copping gave a signal. Immediately, 20 boys ...
Being punished - British Schools Museum
We no-longer have corporal punishment in schools (it was stopped in State Schools in 1987). Yet, it wasn't that long ago when rulers were used on the hands to stop pupils from writing with their left hands. The cane was used to deliver 'six of the best', although usually for really bad or repeatedly bad behaviour.
English school caning, March 1958 - CORPUN ARCHIVE uksc5803
OAKHAM, England, March 9 (Reuter's.) -- The 18-year-old son of Dan Duryea, villain of the movies, today earned six lashes of the cane -- at his own request. Peter Duryea, prefect at a private school here, got his "six of the best" by slipping out after lights for a dance in town. Four other boys involved also got lashed.
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Tales from the study
I got six strokes, but there’s no way anyone could have mistaken them for “six-of-the best.” I remained bent over after the last one landed. I knew the etiquette was you stayed in position until you were given permission to stand up. In the stories if a boy stood up before being allowed he got extra strokes.
Six of the Best - The Pen Factor
Six of the best on the palms of the hands was the typical cost of a breach of school rules. The punishment could bring tears to the eyes of even the largest boy – girls were not belted! The pain was particularly nasty on a cold day, on partially numb hands, it could take five minutes before the throbbing pain reached a maximum.
Six To Remember - Moonglow
There was an ominous whooshing noise as he swished the flexible rod through the air a couple of times. He announced that my very serious offence deserved 'a good old-fashioned six of the best' and told me to take my punishment 'like a brave boy.'
Stretching Forward to Learn - World Corporal Punishment Research
Those who disappeared to see the Headmaster were known to receive six, and Mr York's 'six of the best' were legendary. Within the school there was little dissent from the use of corporal punishment. My friends and I discussed it at length, wondering about what it was like to give it, who trained the teachers, what was the best way to make it ...
“six of the best”怎么翻译？真的不是最棒的6！ - 百家号
2024年6月23日 · "Six of the best" 这个短语起源于英国传统的体罚方式，原本指的是用鞭子或板子进行六次鞭打或责打。 随着时间的推移，这个短语逐渐演变为表示受到严厉惩罚或惩戒的意思。