whipstock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whipstock
Example Sentences
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And it is where the "whipstock," a curving drill stem that steals oil from other wells, was long king.
From Time Magazine Archive
The driver pointed his whipstock to a black speck before them and higher up the hill which was sharply defined against the background of pure white.
From Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp by Emerson, Alice B.
As in his former encounter, his weapon was again a long, tough whipstock with a leather thong attached.
From He Fell in Love with His Wife by Roe, Edward Payson
I did impeticos thy gratillity; for Malvolio's nose is no whipstock: My lady has a white hand, and the Myrmidons are no bottle ale-houses.
From Twelfth Night or, What You Will by Kemble, J P
The reins had been torn from the whipstock; they were dragging in the street.
From The Corner House Girls at School by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
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