Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A whip used by a jockey.
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Examples
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His hand grasped a huge jockey-whip, garnished with brassmounting.
Waverley 2004
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His hand grasped a huge jockey-whip, garnished with brass mounting.
The Waverley 1877
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'Hang your play!' replied Spareneck; 'you're always thinking of play -- it's hunting I'm talking of.' bringing his heavy, silver-mounted jockey-whip a crack down his leg.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833
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As he emerged from the stable, where he had been mastering the ins and outs of the establishment, learning what was allowed and what was not, what had not been found fault with and, therefore, might be presumed upon, and so on, he carried the smart dogskin leather glove of one hand in the other, while the fox's head of a massive silver-mounted jockey-whip peered from under his arm.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833
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His hand grasped a huge jockey-whip, garnished with brassmounting.
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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His hand grasped a huge jockey-whip, garnished with brassmounting.
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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His hand grasped a huge jockey-whip, garnished with brassmounting.
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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His hand grasped a huge jockey-whip, garnished with brass mounting.
Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801
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