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1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iv. 67 If they would stand a whip of ten shillings a man, they might have a new boat.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Whip, after the usual allowance of wine is drunk at mess, those who wish for more put a shilling each into a glass handed round to procure a further supply.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 339 Whip-round.

a1887 R. Jefferies Toilers of Field (1892) 26 Wine ‘whips’ are formed, and the sherry circulates freely.

1887 Echo 23 Nov. 4/4 Neighbours, who knew that she had no money, instituted a ‘whip round’, and soon raised the necessary amount.

1888 Daily News 27 Dec. 3/7 A ‘whip round’..for the Robin Dinner Fund for poor children in London.

1948 M. Laski Tory Heaven i. 12 The whip-round for garments and the ladies' little cries when they were told that clothes were rationed at home.

1977 Centuryan (Office Cleaning Services) Christmas 2/3 It appears a whip-round for the drinks was suggested.

1980 A. Morice Death in Round xiv. 107 She..handed over the money that had been raised by the whip round.

1985 Times 14 June 5 The extra money will have to be found by a nonrepayable whip-round among member states.