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penny whip

penny whip noun: a cheap toy whip for use by children, such as to start a spinning top.

Noun

penny whip (plural penny whips)

  1. (historical) A cheap toy whip for use by children, such as to start a spinning top.
    • "Any way, sir, I've been a good servant to you and Mr. Leo, bless him! - why, it seems but the other day that I used to lead him about the streets with a penny whip[.]"1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Forms of penny whip

pluralpenny whips

Questions about penny whip

What does penny whip mean?
Penny whip means a cheap toy whip for use by children, such as to start a spinning top.
What part of speech is penny whip?
Penny whip is a noun.
What is the plural of penny whip?
The plural of penny whip is penny whips.

Words near penny whip in the dictionary

  1. penny universities
  2. penny university
  3. penny wedding
  4. penny weddings
  5. penny weed
  6. penny whip
  7. penny whips
  8. penny whistle
  9. penny whistles
  10. penny wisdom
  11. penny wise and pound foolish

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