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whipsocket

whipsocket noun: a mount on a buggy that holds the whip while it is not in use.

Noun

whipsocket (plural whipsockets)

  1. A mount on a buggy that holds the whip while it is not in use.
    • The reins were wrapped around the whipsocket. The buggy was empty. This was nothing unusual at livery stables, for their customers often left their rigs to return alone […]2016, Stewart H. Holbrook, Murder Out Yonder: True Crime Stories from America's Frontier, page 72

Forms of whipsocket

pluralwhipsockets

Origin of whipsocket

whip + socket.

Questions about whipsocket

What does whipsocket mean?
Whipsocket means a mount on a buggy that holds the whip while it is not in use.
What part of speech is whipsocket?
Whipsocket is a noun.
What is the plural of whipsocket?
The plural of whipsocket is whipsockets.

Words near whipsocket in the dictionary

  1. whipsmart
  2. whipsmen
  3. Whipsnade
  4. whipsnake
  5. whipsnakes
  6. whipsocket
  7. whipsockets
  8. whipspider
  9. whipspiders
  10. whipstaff
  11. whipstaffs

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