whippletree

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The whippletree, dangling from the end over the beaten circular track, seemed cracked with heat and age.

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  1. noun Upper Northern U.S. See whiffletree. See Regional Note at whiffletree.

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  1. Perhaps blend of dialectal whippin, whippletree and swingletree.
 

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/ˈhwɪpltri/
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