whippers-in
- plural of whipper-in.
Example Sentences
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"A huntsman" is a hunt servant who "hunts hounds"; "whippers-in" are servants who keep hounds in place; "the M. F. H."
From Time Magazine Archive
The whippers-in were on the alert, for it was well known that this part of the Atlantic was infested with numerous small French men-of-war, and some privateer schooners.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick
There is, however, one cheering point: the majority on the second reading is improving in the stock-books of the whippers-in.
From Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century by Joy, James Richard
At the farm, the Master, leaving the hounds to the care of the whippers-in, waited till the villagers and the farmers had congregated in the yard.
From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley
They were taking fifty-four hounds, with six hunt attendants and whippers-in.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
