whipping side en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Australia, New-Zealand) Of a sheep, the last side that is shorn.
Then when he flew down the ‘whipping side,’ set the sheep on its legs and booted it into the pen before his opponent was a-quarter way through he became popular with the audience.
1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 89:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| whipping sides | Number=Plur | lexicographic |