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  • noun Plural form of hunting-crop.

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Examples

  • In the midst of the shouting and commotion Nan felt herself lifted up by Roger as easily as though she were a baby, and at the same moment the whirling lash of one of the men's hunting-crops cut her across the throat and bosom.

    The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler

  • Meanwhile the second whip had rushed out from his cottage to render assistance and the whistling of the long-lashed hunting-crops drove through the air, gradually forcing the yelping hounds into submission.

    The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler

  • He tugged at the pony's bridle; and Mrs. Ainslie, arriving presently, came to his assistance, while some of the other riders, coming up behind, encouraged Brunette with shouts and hunting-crops.

    Captain Jim Mary Grant Bruce 1918

  • My father would give the word of command, "Line out!" and point out the direction in which we were to go, and we spread out over the stubble fields and meadows, whistling and winding about along the lee side of the steep balks,8 beating all the bushes with our hunting-crops, and gazing keenly at every spot or mark on the earth.

    Reminiscences of Tolstoy 1914

  • My father would give the word of command, "Line out!" and point out the direction in which we were to go, and we spread out over the stubble fields and meadows, whistling and winding about along the lee side of the steep balks, [8] beating all the bushes with our hunting-crops, and gazing keenly at every spot or mark on the earth.

    Reminiscences of Tolstoy Tolstoy, Ilya, graf 1914

  • When he came into my room, he observed my hunting-crops hanging on the wall from a rack, and said:

    Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One Margot Asquith 1904

  • Mrs. Pendyce did not sit down, but stood under an arrangement of three foxes 'heads, supporting two hunting-crops, with their lashes hanging down.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • Mrs. Pendyce did not sit down, but stood under an arrangement of three foxes 'heads, supporting two hunting-crops, with their lashes hanging down.

    The Country House John Galsworthy 1900

  • My father would give the word of command, "Line out!" and point out the direction in which we were to go, and we spread out over the stubble fields and meadows, whistling and winding about along the lee side of the steep balks, [8] beating all the bushes with our hunting-crops, and gazing keenly at every spot or mark on the earth.

    Reminiscences of Tolstoy Ilia Lvovich Tolstoi 1899

  • Many threw themselves down upon the turf and allowed successive waves to pass over their bodies, whilst others, driven wild by the blows, returned them with their hunting-crops and walking-canes.

    Rodney Stone Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1896

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