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English
Etymology
Adjective
unspanked (not comparable)
- Not spanked.
- 1918, The Atlantic Monthly:
- […] the most devoted mother or father is prone to regard as unspanked brats children who to a third party appear quite as well as the critic's own.
- 1957, Robert O Blood, Anticipating Your Marriage:
- These serve as pathetic substitutes for the love he craves but has never received. Though unpublicized, many an unspanked child has developed a healthy personality.
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