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dogwhip
noun 1verb 1
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3VERB + DOGWHIP
took
DOGWHIP + NOUN
PREP.
from, with
Definitions
noun
1
A whip intended for use on dogs.
Here the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket...
On one occasion it tried to creep under her petticoat and lick her, so she thrashed it with the dogwhip.
verb
1
To beat with a dogwhip.
The officers cursed and dogwhipped their way through to fall into a ragged line before Raj where he waited with the signallers and Battalion standard; the companies fell in to the shouted commands of their NCOs […]
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Here the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket...
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On one occasion it tried to creep under her petticoat and lick her, so she thrashed it with the dogwhip.
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The officers cursed and dogwhipped their way through to fall into a ragged line before Raj where he waited with the signallers and Battalion standard; the companies fell in to the shouted commands of
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