whipcordy

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The first time she ran around a long way from the pillar, and then nearer and nearer -- with the dragon after her all the time; and he was so busy trying to catch her that he never noticed that Tom had tied the very end of his long, tight, whipcordy tail to the rock, so that the more the dragon ran around, the more times he twisted his tail around the pillar.

The Book of Dragons H. Granville [Illustrator] Fell 1891
“You remind me of a two-year-old, Dinny — one of those whipcordy chestnuts that kick up their heels in the paddock, get left at the post, and come in first after all.

Maid in Waiting 2004