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  • noun Plural form of caning.

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Examples

  • (I'm also for negative reinforcements such as canings and punishment, too.)

    Rant: The Christmas Spirit fantasyecho 2005

  • Watching the series now is a little painful in one respect - we're too sensitive to find canings amusing - but it's right on the money in other ways, mainly because finding over privileged kids vile hasn't gone out of fashion.

    From Jimmy Edwards to Jimi Hendrix 2009

  • Some other things happened thereafter, something about a Civil War, emancipation, etc., but I have no idea about the details of all that because when we covered those parts of American history in class, I was too busy thinking about duels, canings, and the Whiskey Rebellion.

    Senatorial abuse and apostrophe misuse « Motivated Grammar 2009

  • The idea, the officials previously have said, is to humiliate rather than injure — unlike the canings administered to drug pushers and other violators of civil laws, which can sometimes leave deep scars.

    Malaysia Court Canes Three Women James Hookway 2010

  • Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, who announced the canings on Wednesday, said that those punished had been "advised on ways to repent and to get closer to Allah."

    Faith and Punishment in Malaysia 2010

  • We haven't seen any canings on the floor of the Senate any time recently.

    2010 National Prayer Breakfast Speech 2010

  • The footage of last week's canings was aired Monday on Thai television.

    Thai Teacher Caned Students, Cell Phone Footage Reveals (VIDEO) 2010

  • But their fear jeopardizes the very tolerance that has made Malaysia great, and last weeks 'canings illustrates all too clearly the eventual results to which this will lead.

    Faith and Punishment in Malaysia 2010

  • Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, who announced the canings on Wednesday, said that those punished had been "advised on ways to repent and to get closer to Allah."

    Faith and Punishment in Malaysia 2010

  • Mr. Hishammuddin said that a doctor was present at the canings, which took place in male and female prisons, and that the offenders weren't tied.

    Malaysia Court Canes Three Women James Hookway 2010

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