whipmanship
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]whipmanship (uncountable)
- The skill or art of using a whip.
- 1843, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register, page 168:
- It is absurd in any sojourner at the Cape priding himself upon his whipmanship, for every countryman can fan along six or eight horses with as much nicety as a mail-coachman his favourite team: […]