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单词 whipper-in
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whipper-inn.

Brit. /ˌwɪpərˈɪn/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wɪpərˈɪn/
Etymology: < the phrase to whip in: see whip v. 6d.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwhipper-ˈin.
1.
a. A huntsman's assistant who keeps the hounds from straying by driving them back with the whip into the main body of the pack. Also called shortly a whip (whip n. 5), or formerly occasionally a whipper (whipper n. 1c).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant on hounds
fewtererc1400
bernera1425
hound's-swainc1475
brackener1490
piqueur1580
dog boy1612
vauterer1679
whipper-in1739
whipper1826
whip1848
velterer1911
1739 J. Hildrop Ess. Free-thinking 7 Should..the Postilion turn Cook, and the Whipper in resolve to be nothing less than Steward or Butler.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. ii. 7 He was soon transplanted from the Fields into the Dog-kennel, where he was placed under the Huntsman, and made what Sportsmen term a Whipper-in . View more context for this quotation
1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World i The brothers..ordered their whipper-in..to unkennel the hounds.
figurative.?1775 D. Garrick in S. Foote Maid of Bath Prol. p. vi To change the figure—formerly I've been To straggling follies only whipper-in.1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) iv. 16 My Muse is whipper-in.1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxv One of the two..brigs that was to accompany us as whippers-in to the convoy.
b. In the game of hare and hounds, a runner whose business it is to keep the hounds in order.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > hare and hounds > participant
whipper-in1855
hound1857
hare1883
paper-chaser1884
harrier1891
1855 ‘G. Forrest’ Every Boy's Bk. 11 The Hare should not be the best runner, but should be daring, and..prudent... A Huntsman and Whipper-in are then chosen... The Hare then starts, and has about seven minutes' grace, at the expiration of which time the Huntsman blows a horn..and sets off, the Hounds keeping nearly in Indian file, the Whipper-in bringing up the rear.
1901 R. S. W. Bell Tales of Greyhouse 47 The too impetuous hounds had to be curbed by the whippers-in.
c. Horse Racing slang. The horse last in a race or at any given moment of a race.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > that finishes in particular position
throw-in1855
short head1883
place horse1890
whipper-in1892
also-ran1895
loser1902
scorer1974
1892 Daily News 8 Sept. 3/5 The field began to break up, and the whippers in became Curio and El Diablo.
2. In parliamentary use, = whip n. 6. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > whip
whipper-in1772
whip1850
1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 Misc. Ess. 196/1 He was first a whipper-in to the Premier, and then became Premier himself.
1792 J. Pearson's Pol. Dict. Whipper-in, a fellow that sends for Members to carry a question when the Minister is hard run.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 237 He..will tell you how Sir Somebody Something, when he was whipper-in for the Government, brought four men out of their beds to vote in the majority.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 12/1 At the beginning of the Canadian ‘Parliamentary Companion’ a whole page is headed in large capitals, ‘Whippers-in.’ Then follow the names of the various party ‘Whips,’ as we would call them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

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whipper-in
6. A member of a particular party in Parliament whose duty it is to secure the attendance of members of that party on the occasion of an important division. Originally called whipper-in (whipper-in n. 2). There is a variable number of Government Whips (under a Chief Whip) in both Houses of Parliament, who receive salaries paid out of public money. The Chief Whip in the Commons is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. In 1964, the additional post of Assistant Government Whip was created, several of whom are appointed.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > whip
whipper-in1772
whip1850
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. vi. 52 Captain Raff, the honourable member for Epsom,..retired after the last Goodwood races, having accepted, as Mr. Hotspur, the whip of the party, said, a mission to the Levant.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lviii. 558 The Whip for his party hands it about..to keep men together who want to be off.
1855 Ld. Lonsdale in Croker Papers (1884) III. 323 There never was a division where the calculators and whips were more out of their reckoning.
1884 D. Anderson ‘Scenes’ in Commons 214 Mr. Sheil, a Parnellite Whip.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiv. 198 There is neither Government nor Opposition; neither leaders nor whips.
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