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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
birch .
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Examples
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Before the war they would have been birched at the town hall.
Early Day Motions Newmania Style Newmania 2008
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As a Texan who's watched Governor Bush's smirks over death row appeals, his presidential cruelties, I'd like to see him birched by an international tribunal and removed from sight.
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Monday Michael Steele got taken behind the woodshed by Limbaugh, de-trousered and birched but good.
So. Any other Republican Party studs care to besmirch Rush? - E_Pluribus_Unum’s blog - RedState 2009
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The third thing I learn is just how wary Obama staffers have become of random press -- and internet media in particular (From Texas to Pennsylvania, they act like they've been taken out into the yard and birched.)
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Until recently, troublesome youths were routinely birched by order of the magistrates; the culture was quite astonishingly different just a few decades ago.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
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A masochist, he liked to be birched by young men who were forbidden further physical contact.
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Until recently, troublesome youths were routinely birched by order of the magistrates; the culture was quite astonishingly different just a few decades ago.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
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A masochist, he liked to be birched by young men who were forbidden further physical contact.
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This week though, it is considered punishment enough just to be birched.
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Buckram, and he was birched with perfect impartiality.
The Book of Snobs 2006
frogapplause commented on the word birched
I've read all the examples, and I'm still unsure what this word means.
February 26, 2010
yarb commented on the word birched
It means whacked with a birch cane for punishment (or pleasure).
February 26, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word birched
Why birch?
February 26, 2010
yarb commented on the word birched
I think it just makes good canes. Springiness and stiffness, I suppose. Cheap, too, perhaps?
February 26, 2010
dontcry commented on the word birched
The green branch from any tree would make a fine switch in my day...
February 26, 2010
bilby commented on the word birched
By doze waz zo zwollen with vlu a barrot birched od it.
February 26, 2010