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Meaning of chicotte | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.

Examples

“Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.”
“Usually the chicotte was applied to the victim's bare buttocks.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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