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horse whip

horse whip is the alternative form of horsewhip.

Meaning of horsewhip

Noun

horsewhip (plural horsewhips)

  1. A whip for use on horses.
    • Hearing the rout,
      Dame Gill came out,
      With a horse whip from the door,
      She laid it on Jack,
      And poor Jill's back,
      Until they both did roar.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 14

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Forms of horse whip

pluralhorse whips

Questions about horse whip

What is horse whip the alternative form of?
Horse whip is the alternative form of horsewhip.

Words near horse whip in the dictionary

  1. horse trading
  2. horse trailer
  3. horse trailers
  4. horse tranquilizer
  5. horse tranquilizers
  6. horse whip
  7. horse whips
  8. horse whisperer
  9. horse whisperers
  10. horse's ass
  11. horse's doovers

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