whipstick

Etymology

From whip + stick.

whipstick means A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

name

A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia

noun

A whipstock; the handle of a whip.“So Priestley, with a sinister glitter in his patient eyes, had reversed his whipstick, pliant end downward, and bent along the ground. He knew the nature of seasoned pine. A sharp jerk, and the whipstick would snap, supplying a nilla-nilla which would make him an over-match for a dozen Folkestones in rotation.”