"whipstick" meaning in All languages combined

See whipstick on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: whipsticks [plural]
Etymology: From whip + stick. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|whip|stick}} whip + stick Head templates: {{en-noun}} whipstick (plural whipsticks)
  1. A whipstock; the handle of a whip.
    Sense id: en-whipstick-en-noun-9a3emddh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life, Chapter 6:",
          "text": "So Priestley, with a sinister glitter in his patient eyes, had reversed his whipstick, pliant end downward, and bent along the ground. He knew the nature of seasoned pine. A sharp jerk, and the whipstick would snap, supplying a nilla-nilla which would make him an over-match for a dozen Folkestones in rotation.",
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