whipcordy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From whipcord +‎ -y.

Adjective[edit]

whipcordy (comparative more whipcordy, superlative most whipcordy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of whipcord.
    • 1931 November, John Galsworthy, chapter XXIV, in Maid in Waiting, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: The Ryerson Press, published 1931, →OCLC, page 211:
      You remind me of a two-year-old, Dinny—one of those whipcordy chestnuts that kick up their heels in the paddock, get left at the post, and come in first after all.
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