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  • Line and Plummet, especially if the Line be made of good Whipcord, that is well dried, for then if it be hung against a Wainscot, and a Line drawn under it exactly where the Plummet reaches, in very moderate

    The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience John Claridge

  • "I should tell Nancy 'bout that 'Whipcord' sumbitch.

    Hollywood Nocturne Ellroy, James 1994

  • Monster Shark (1984) & Boardinghouse (1982) & House of Whipcord (1974) @ Cult Trailers

    Mid-week mischief Prof. Ravensdeath 2009

  • Whipcord” (a tye ob ebil peeps?) adn “Velveteen” (a tye ob bunbun peeps?)

    lolsprout - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Whipcord thin, he nonetheless moved gracefully under gravity, unlike people who spent most of their time in freefall.

    Sun of Suns 2006

  • Whipcord lean, with a strong nose and a thick scar along his jaw earned in her sendee, he had been little more than a boy when she found him, cat-quick and already one of the finest swordsmen in her native Tarabon, and for all the years since there had never been a moment when he did less.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • Whipcord, the ship-chandler in Wapping, would not refuse me such a small matter.

    The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

  • Nancy talked up the "West Hollywood Whipcord" -- some fiend who'd strangled two lovebird duos parked off the Strip -- just blocks away.

    Hollywood Nocturne Ellroy, James 1994

  • Would Whipcord take Chris to the Griffith Park shack -- NO -- he wouldn't go near it.

    Hollywood Nocturne Ellroy, James 1994

  • _ The off-chance that the tail car man and Whipcord were one; DePugh as the new kidnap mastermind.

    Hollywood Nocturne Ellroy, James 1994

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