The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Cuff

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Her mother leaned forward, grasped the woolen jumper and jerked her back, smacking her down with a sharp cuff.

When a thin whimper from the child was silenced by a vicious cuff, her anger boiled over.

Cuff: to hit or slap