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quirts

quirts is the plural of quirt.

quirts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of quirt.

Meaning of quirt

Noun

quirt (plural quirts)

  1. A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
    • He sprang into the saddle easily as a bird, got the quirt from the horn, and gave his pony a slash with it.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 177, column 2

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Questions about quirts

What is quirts the plural of?
Quirts is the plural of quirt.

Words near quirts in the dictionary

  1. quirrister
  2. quirristers
  3. quirt
  4. quirted
  5. quirting
  6. quirts
  7. quis-quis
  8. quisbies
  9. quisby
  10. quiscal
  11. quiscos

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