| 单词 | hippopotamus whip |
| 释义 | > as lemmashippopotamus whip hippopotamus whip n. a long whip made from a twisted strip of hippopotamus hide. ΚΠ 1845 Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 21 May In exchange..Barney [sc. a jockey] gets our ‘Hippopotamus whip’. 1892 R. Brown Story Afr. & its Explorers III. xi. 250/1 A stroke of the hippopotamus-whip reminds the helpless wretches that they are now at the mercy of cruel masters. 1956 F. A. Voight tr. P. Hartlmaier Golden Lion 184 They cut the thick hide, about an inch and a half thick.., in strips of the same width from head to tail to make the famous hippopotamus whip. 2006 Afr. News (Nexis) 7 Mar. The suspects used stones, pangas, and a hippopotamus whip to lash their rivals. < as lemmas |
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