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whipcracker en · NOUN

Etymology

From whip + cracker.

Meanings

1. One who cracks a whip.
   • The second Adigar is only entitled to twenty-four spearmen and fifteen whipcrackers. The third, to twenty-four spearmen and twelve whipcrackers. No other headmen are allowed the honour of having whipcrackers. 1844, James Selkirk, Recollections of Ceylon, page 65:

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