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whipstick en · NOUN

Etymology

From whip + stick.

Meanings

1. A whipstock; the handle of a whip.
   • So Priestley, with a sinister glitter in his patient eyes, had reversed his whipstick, pliant end downward, and bent along the ground. He knew the nature of seasoned pine. A sharp jerk, and the whipstick would snap, supplying a nilla-nilla which would make him an over-match for a dozen Folkestones in rotation. 1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life, Chapter 6:

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