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whipsocket en · NOUN

Etymology

whip + socket.

Meanings

1. A mount on a buggy that holds the whip while it is not in use.
   • The reins were wrapped around the whipsocket. The buggy was empty. This was nothing unusual at livery stables, for their customers often left their rigs to return alone […] 2016, Stewart H. Holbrook, Murder Out Yonder: True Crime Stories from America's Frontier, page 72:

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