The Only Use of
reprimand
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The teacher, a grave, elderly man, interfered; then turned his back a moment and Tom pulled a boy's hair in the next bench, and was absorbed in his book when the boy turned around; stuck a pin in another boy, presently, in order to hear him say "Ouch!" and got a new reprimand from his teacher.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(reprimand) to criticize someone by telling them what they did wrong -- often in a formal manner