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stock whip

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noun

  1. a whip with a long lash and a short handle, as used to herd cattle

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The duke and duchess were also shown a display of whip cracking on horseback and inspected some bush artefacts during their visit, while the prince was presented with a stock whip.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2012

Master, this time, of the Australian stock whip, with which he flicks the ash from a cigaret, disarms a swordsman, climbs a balcony, tears a marriage license in two, Douglas Fairbanks is himself again.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unarmed but for a stock whip, she flew at the kings of the jungle and lashed them into retreat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Etheldene struck her horse lightly across the crest with the handle of her stock whip, and next minute both horses were galloping as if for dear life.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon

We were looking over our revolvers, and he said, 'That's the only thing that feels wrong; it ought to be a stock whip!'

From Captain Jim by Bruce, Mary Grant