whip-cord

A tall man of about sixty with gray-threaded white hair and a red face stood at his table, his thin, whip-cord frame dressed in a blue-and-gray-checkered short-sleeved shirt and crisp new jeans.

Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010

Leaving his arms tied behind his back, they placed about his feet a slender but stout whip-cord, as is done to men on the point of mounting the scaffold, which allowed him to take steps about fifteen inches in length, and made him walk to the table at the end of the room, where they laid him down, closely bound about the middle of the body.

Les Miserables 2008

These buffoons are noted for extreme indecency: they generally appear in the ring provided with an enormous phallus of whip-cord and with this they charge man, woman and child, to the infinite delight of the public.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

For my own part, I had charge of a couple of dark lanterns, while Legrand contented himself with the scarabaeus, which he carried attached to the end of a bit of whip-cord; twirling it to and fro, with the air of a conjuror, as he went.

The Gold-Bug 2006

Pick me out a whip-cord thong with some dainty knots in it — and now — we all deserve it — whish, whish, whish!

Roundabout Papers 2006

At first sight almost everybody said that he must have been a soldier, at a time when soldiers were made of iron, whalebone, whip-cord, and ramrods.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

He was a tall, thin, athletic figure, old indeed and grey-haired, but with every muscle rendered as tough as whip-cord by constant exercise.

Waverley 2004

Without an ounce of bulky weight on his person, there is a whip-cord, leathery strength to his long, lean muscles and close-knit joints.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

He seemed to be put together with wire and whip-cord; not made of flesh and blood like other men.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

So saying, he thrust out of the sleeve of his ragged doublet a long bony hand and arm, on which the muscles rose like whip-cord.

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004