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
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
Archie pointed laughingly towards the stock whip Etheldene carried.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon
The slackly gathered reins were held in the left hand, while from the right wrist dangled a thick stock whip.
From The Yellow Rose by J?kai, M?r
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