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whipman Now rare.|ˈhwɪpmən|
Pl. -men.
[f. whip n. 1.]
A man who wields a whip; a driver of horses; dial. a carter. Hence ˈwhipmanship, the character or skill of a ‘whipman’, the art of driving.
1797Sporting Mag. IX. 50 The school of whipmanship, for the young nobility and gentry. Ibid. X. 288 No sooner were the whipmen passed than the void part was filled. a1825Duff Poems, Old Horse 84 (Jam.) Routhless whip⁓men, scant o' grace. 1834Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. No. 2. 45 The whip-men (carters) bought it. |