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whipping sides

whipping sides is the plural of whipping side.

Meaning of whipping side

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

Questions about whipping sides

What is whipping sides the plural of?
Whipping sides is the plural of whipping side.

Words near whipping sides in the dictionary

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

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