What is "paddlings"

Usage examples of "paddlings".

Nobody in our family had ever been flogged (except paddlings in school, of course, which isn't at all the same thing).

If you knew how many paddlings I've had to give that kid in just this past week.

I became more and more tender with Jerard after the paddlings, kissing him and suckling him and toying with him in ways that weren't too common in the pony recreation yard.

The paddlings were the only things that broke the boredom of this time, aside from watching her.

Nobody in our family had ever been flogged (except paddlings in school, of course, which isn’t at all the same thing).