horsewhip
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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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
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
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
Every year thousands of Mongols visit a shrine in the Ordos region where Genghis is said to have dropped a horsewhip during his final campaign and where he reportedly wanted to be buried.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jemmy found the horsewhip where Hold-Your- Nose Billy had dropped it.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
When her former guide & friend Johann Most made slighting remarks about Berkman, Emma horsewhipped him publicly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young Bennett lived in Europe for most of his childhood; his mother could not abide the ostracism of a polite society that noticed her husband only when it horsewhipped him.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Captain," said Sharpe, who was a sturdy fellow in his way, "I'm no scoundrel; and I do know that you have just horsewhipped your notorious ould grandmother."
From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
"Classic!" exclaimed Berryman, transfixing Shelton with his eyes; "the fellow ought to have been horsewhipped for writing such putridity!"
From The Island Pharisees by Galsworthy, John
"I know he's a coward," observed another, "because he allowed himself to be horsewhipped by Major Bingham, and didn't call him out for it."
From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
Dozens of readers are arguing about the credibility of the plot line that saw Thomas’ misunderstanding with Jimmy the junior footman result in his receiving a promotion rather than a jail term or a horsewhipping.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2013
"The Four Seasons," to San Francisco, are the four socialite daughters of horsewhipping Mike De Young, who founded the Chronicle in 1865 and died in 1925.
From Time Magazine Archive
I did not say, afterwards, that I had forgotten all about the horsewhipping, and that the marks of the pad had worn out.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
"But what has a horsewhipping and a citaytion to the Bishop's Court to do with aich other?"
From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
Apology!" said Durfy, "apology for a horsewhipping, indeed!
From Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes by Lover, Samuel
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