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whipsockets

whipsockets is the plural of whipsocket.

Meaning of whipsocket

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

Questions about whipsockets

What is whipsockets the plural of?
Whipsockets is the plural of whipsocket.

Words near whipsockets in the dictionary

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

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