词汇 | flaybottomist |
词源 | flaybottomist; bum brusher. Here is a jocular synonym for a schoolteacher in the days of “spare the rod and spoil the child.” The term for a schoolmaster originated in the mid-18th century and lasted for some 200 years. Bum brusher was a synonym. |
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