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whipsticks

whipsticks is the plural of whipstick.

Meaning of whipstick

Noun

whipstick (plural whipsticks)

  1. A whipstock; the handle of a whip.
    • So Priestley, with a sinister glitter in his patient eyes, had reversed his whipstick, pliant end downward, and bent along the ground. He knew the nature of seasoned pine. A sharp jerk, and the whipstick would snap, supplying a nilla-nilla which would make him an over-match for a dozen Folkestones...1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life, Chapter 6

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Questions about whipsticks

What is whipsticks the plural of?
Whipsticks is the plural of whipstick.

Words near whipsticks in the dictionary

  1. whipstalls
  2. whipstaves
  3. whipster
  4. whipsters
  5. whipstick
  6. whipsticks
  7. whipstitch
  8. whipstitched
  9. whipstitches
  10. whipstitching
  11. whipstock

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