What does stock whip mean?
Stock whip means An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle..
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An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle..
[…] Mrs. Pansy McLash, the keeper of the Siding House, was flogging a herd of goats from her garden. The goats surged on to the railway, intent on escaping the stockwhip whistling behind, and Mrs. McLash went after them, intent on teaching them the lesson of their lives.
He then started to stockwhip Frencham, curling the whip six times around his body.
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Stock whip means An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle..
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[…] Mrs. Pansy McLash, the keeper of the Siding House, was flogging a herd of goats from her garden. The goats surged on to the railway, intent on escaping the stockwhip whistling behind, and Mrs. McLash went after them, intent on teaching them the lesson of their lives.
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