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whipping side

whipping side noun: of a sheep, the last side that is shorn.

Noun

whipping side (plural whipping sides)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) Of a sheep, the last side that is shorn.
    • Then when he flew down the ‘whipping side,’ set the sheep on its legs and booted it into the pen before his opponent was a-quarter way through he became popular with the audience.1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 89

Forms of whipping side

pluralwhipping sides

Questions about whipping side

What does whipping side mean?
Whipping side means of a sheep, the last side that is shorn.
What part of speech is whipping side?
Whipping side is a noun.
What is the plural of whipping side?
The plural of whipping side is whipping sides.

Words near whipping side in the dictionary

  1. whipping it on
  2. whipping off
  3. whipping out
  4. whipping post
  5. whipping posts
  6. whipping side
  7. whipping sides
  8. whipping some skull on
  9. whipping the cat
  10. whipping through
  11. whipping together

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