Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hunting-crop . Seecrop , 14.
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Examples
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He held in his hand a small hunting-whip, and hanging to his wrist by a silken cord was a brass horn.
Modeste Mignon 2007
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I had a strong English hunting-whip, and was wearing a short riding-habit.
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Mr. E — hit at it with a hunting-whip; it did not cry nor move, but stared at our passing troop.
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There was a click of the garden-gate, then a smart rap, as if by the knob of a hunting-whip.
Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various
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The four I have seen are first, the common hunting-whip, which is too well known to require description.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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"I learnt it from papa, you ass! and his jolly friends," said the young lady, vigorously cracking a hunting-whip, which she habitually carried in her hand.
Agnes Grey 1931
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He gave a melancholy sigh and stood looking at her a moment, with his hands behind him, giving short nervous shakes to his hunting-whip.
Chapter XII 1917
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Then, shaking his hunting-whip with little quick strokes, he walked rapidly away.
Chapter XII 1917
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Of Dinmont, who, with his large hunting-whip under his arm, stood poking his great round face over the shoulder of the homme daffaires, it is unnecessary to say anything.
Chapter XXXVIII 1917
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This is a leathern thong of about thirty feet resembling the lash of a hunting-whip.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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