Tallywhacker definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Lest you think this review should earn less than a G-rating, tallywhacker is a legitimate nautical term for a "preventer" - a device that stabilizes the boom on the mainsail as you journey down-wind.

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Lest you think this review should earn less than a G-rating, tallywhacker is a legitimate nautical term for a "preventer" - a device that stabilizes the boom on the mainsail as you journey down-wind. — Epinions Recent Content for Home
She either looks like she’s got a tallywhacker or she’s on the rag. — Lost Echoes by Joe R Lansdale
"But you look so tasty, I think I'll just bite off your tallywhacker myself and spit the rest of you out into Father O'Malley's bed!
35 minutes ago, -0 / +1By playing with your tallywhacker, I assume you mean strangling the friar, or punching the clown, or freeing the whales, correct? — Original Signal - Transmitting Digg