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whipper

  • a word derived from whip.
    whip
    verb (used with object)
    to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash.

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Here are three couples of us going to throw off together, with the Reverend Doctor Gaster for whipper in.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Arthur Mee

It is the whipper who is whipped and the tyrant who is undone.--Emerson.

From The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin

An empty head, a little whipper snapper, who admires only himself, and chatters pleasantly, because he has good manners, can plead with us about his love with complete impunity.

From The McNaughtens by Frank J. Morlock

This was too much to be borne, and Frank rode up red with passion; and a lot of others, including the whipper, soon followed.

From The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Anthony Trollope

The quondam whipper appeared at a stable-door with a horse-brush in his hand.

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 by Various