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Etymology

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From spank +‎ -able.

Adjective

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spankable (comparative more spankable, superlative most spankable)

  1. Suitable for spanking.
    • 1900, Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel:
      'If he says he won't come, he won't,' she said, as though he were one of the elemental forces of nature instead of a spankable brat []
    • 1995, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age [] , New York: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN:
      Judge Fang knew that Dr. X controlled legions of criminals ranging from spankable delinquents up to international crime lords []
    • 1996, James C Bulman, Shakespeare, Theory, and Performance:
      [] the level on which she can be pert, sly, and spankable, and fill out a small personality.

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