Usually means: Traditional phrase for six spankings.
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  1. six of the best: Collins English Dictionary
  2. six of the best: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. six of the best: Wiktionary
  4. Six of the Best (EP), Six of the Best: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. six of the best: Idioms

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▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Six strokes with a cane, a traditional school punishment.

Similar:
SWAT, caning, lash, tester, stound, spank, stripe, seven bells, stroke, bastinade, more...

Opposite:
six of worst, six of least

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Similar:
SWAT, caning, lash, tester, stound, spank, stripe, seven bells, stroke, bastinade, more...

Opposite:
six of worst, six of least



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