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Reprimand
Answer for the clue "Reprimand ", 10 letters:
talking-to
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A rebuke or reprimand
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ What Sarah needs is a good talking-to . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ With increasing frequency, it seems, the good talking-to becomes a permanent black spot on a school record.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a reprimand," 1871, from euphemistic use of verbal phrase talk to (see talk (v.)).
Usage examples of talking-to.
Yesterday he gave me a great talking-to all about it and this morning in the post I got a whole lot of tins of treacle and wheat germ and heaven knows what all.