stock whip
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Unarmed but for a stock whip, she flew at the kings of the jungle and lashed them into retreat.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
At the end of an hour's conversation they heard the cracking of the landlord's stock whip and the bellowing of cattle as they crossed the creek, and the Chinaman rose and held out his hand.
From "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 by Becke, Louis
At which the boys scampered off through the grass, and presently came the cracking of a stock whip among the trees.
From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.
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