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six of the best noun a corporal punishment of six strokes with a cane UK, 1912- [I]n one sketch capital punishment is justified as being a mere “six of the best” for a naughty schoolboy[.] — Humphrey Carpenter, A Great Silly Grin, 2002
- We give naughty teenagers six of the best and detention, at the same time as we reward ourselves with an A-plus for effort. — The Big Issue, p. 10, 2003
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