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whipstock

[ hwip-stok, wip- ]

noun

  1. the handle of a whip.


whipstock

/ ˈwɪpˌstɒk /

noun

  1. a whip handle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of whipstock1

First recorded in 1520–30; whip + stock
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Example Sentences

I did impeticos thy gratillity; for Malvolio's nose is no whipstock: My lady has a white hand, and the Myrmidons are no bottle ale-houses.

But the young man said nothing further as he wrapped the lines around the whipstock and began to climb down.

The first, alas! poor Dwarf, I understand, I made a whipstock of a faery’s wand; The next is snoring in their company; The next, the last, the direst of the three, Is making free when they are not at home.

I was a Prince—a baby prince—my doom, You see, I made a whipstock of a wand, My top has henceforth slept in faery land.

And it is where the "whipstock," a curving drill stem that steals oil from other wells, was long king.

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