Definitions
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- adverb nonce word In the manner of a
whiplash .
Etymologies
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lash + -wise
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Examples
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"Come, Yankee," here swore the incensed private; "cease this, or I'll darn your old fawn-skins for ye with the flat of this sword;" for a specimen, laying it lashwise, but not heavily, across the captive's back.
Israel Potter Herman Melville 1855
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