DCHP-3

snake-whip

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a whip having a long, tapering lash or plaited rawhide, often loaded with shot at the tip.

Quotations

1900
In the morning, Francois, taking his loaded snake-whip, hammered the Huskie dogs into a submission sufficient to permit of their being harnessed.