| 单词 | blacksnake whip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblacksnake whip 2. U.S. figurative. In full blacksnake whip. A long whiplash. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > whip-lash stringc1000 lashc1381 whiplash1573 metal1611 voorslag1833 blacksnake1854 1854 A. G. Brackett Gen. Lane's Brigade Central Mexico xi. 279 We were all armed with long blacksnake whips. 1864 J. Fisk Exped. Rocky Mts. 5 A ‘black snake’..brought him on his legs. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 495/1 The..drivers trudged beside them..cracking huge ‘black-snakes’ at the animals. 1901 S. E. White Westerners xxxiv. 310 He snapped the lash of his black-snake whip. 1921 C. E. Weller Yesterday vi. 46 Two ugly looking weapons, one a rawhide and the other what was known as a ‘blacksnake,’ both of which bore evidence of recent use. 2009 A. Brennert Honolulu vii. 126 Chasing down a houseful of wrongdoers, cracking his blacksnake whip above his head. < as lemmas |
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