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stockwhips

stockwhips is the plural of stockwhip.

stockwhips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stockwhip.

Meaning of stockwhip

Noun

stockwhip (plural stockwhips)

  1. An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle.
    • […] Mrs. Pansy McLash, the keeper of the Siding House, was flogging a herd of goats from her garden. The goats surged on to the railway, intent on escaping the stockwhip whistling behind, and Mrs. McLash went after them, intent on teaching them the lesson of their lives.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia, page 80

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Questions about stockwhips

What is stockwhips the plural of?
Stockwhips is the plural of stockwhip.

Words near stockwhips in the dictionary

  1. Stockwell
  2. Stockwells
  3. stockwhip
  4. stockwhipped
  5. stockwhipping
  6. stockwhips
  7. stockwoman
  8. stockwomen
  9. Stockwood
  10. stockwork
  11. stockworker

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