Dictionary Definition

Behindhand - late, tardy; behind in progress, backwards; in debt or arrears

When you are behindhand in getting home by curfew, your behind gets the hand. Specifically, when you're late, you're going to feel it in arrears. When getting a spanking, 'behind in progress'.

That's how I grew up, anyway. I will refrain from commenting whether this is the best method of raising a child, but it is the method by which I was raised.

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