whip
verb (used with object)
whipper
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a word derived from
whip.
Example Sentences
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But both the common whipper and the common hangman were officers of the corporation, not of the Crown, and they declined officiating at the illumination.
From Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
One of them was MacDougall, the king's whipper.
From The Courage of Captain Plum by James Oliver Curwood
The Governor and Council then ordered the libellous papers to be burned by the common hangman, or whipper, near the pillory.
From Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
He calleth his book ‘Histriomastix;’ but therein he showeth himself like unto Ajax Anthropomastix, as the Grecians called him, the scourge of all mankind, that is, the whipper and the whip.”
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
The parish dog whipper had become an institution:— 1561.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson
