spankable

adj

spankable

adj

Etymology From spank + -able.

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Suitable for spanking.

  • 'If he says he won't come, he won't,' she said, as though he were one of the elemental forces of nature instead of a spankable brat […]1900, Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel:
  • Judge Fang knew that Dr. X controlled legions of criminals ranging from spankable delinquents up to international crime lords […]1995, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age […] , New York: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN:
1 more example
  • […] the level on which she can be pert, sly, and spankable, and fill out a small personality.1996, James C Bulman, Shakespeare, Theory, and Performance:
Derived terms
unspankable

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