noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
corporal punishment (= when someone punishes a child by hitting them )
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Corporal punishment is banned in state schools.
corporal punishment
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Corporal punishment was abolished in Britain in 1986.
lance corporal
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a corporal in the 9th Virginia Regiment
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although, if you take a sergeant-major or some corporals even - it's the nature of the man.
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Sergeants and corporals outnumber private soldiers.
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Smith and Petrossian, the corporals, were checking kit, pushing among the reluctant men.
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The corporal called out our registration number.
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There follow three corporals, and two drummers, Kelley and Nicholson.
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There were six or seven Met Waafs, including a sergeant and two corporals, and the rest were LACWs like me.
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This was World War 1, and he was a corporal or a sergeant.