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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa..
Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.
Usually the chicotte was applied to the victim's bare buttocks.
Use chicotte when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chicotte means A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa..
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Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.
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