horsewhip
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- horsewhipper noun
Etymology
Origin of horsewhip
Example Sentences
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That dropped horsewhip, they soon knew, was an early sign of the brain tumors that would end her life a year later.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019
Then on one spring day in April 2016, Margaret did something for the first time in her riding life: She dropped her horsewhip.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019
In an incident reported in the British papers, the father of the young woman who would become Mr. Wilson’s second wife once descended on a dinner party in the couple’s London flat, brandishing a horsewhip.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2013
In her question & answer column in the Ladies' Home Journal, she was asked why her "big, strong American sons" didn't horsewhip Westbrook Pegler.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jemmy found the horsewhip where Hold-Your- Nose Billy had dropped it.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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