Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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SOCK
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Verb
Definition:
To strike, to beat, especially in the case of a school-teacher punishing a pupil by striking on the hands with a stick.
Use:
The teacher socked me.
The teacher struck me with a stick on the hands (palms).
Derivation:
'Sock' - to strike.
(Concise Oxford Dictionary)
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