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College Disciplinarian Takes Iron To Deliver Sound Beating

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verb

• be unbearably loud

• make or render deaf

• make soundproof

28%12 Acting as a disciplinarian when necessary
noun

• the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father

28%9 Often portrayed in literature as a strict disciplinarian
noun

• a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)

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