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buggy whip

n. a horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy; "since buggies have been replaced by cars the buggy whip has become a symbol for anything that is hopelessly outmoded"

Usage examples of "buggy whip".

He lashed at Cathys legs with the buggy whip, and when she stood quietly staring at him with calm cold eyes he lost his temper.

Peter cracked the tip of the buggy whip again over the horses' heads as they turned from the public road to enter this land.

Why, ain't been a week since I run him out of the house with a buggy whip.

Beneath the cover of her flowing skirts, her hand closed around the buggy whip.

He thought wistfully of all the long, slender implements he could use: tree branch, fly swatter-buggy whip.

Behind this trio came one of my aunts, carrying a buggy whip, another equipped with a piece of harness strap, and Mom and Ma armed with switches, a plentiful supply of which was always kept around the house.

And when the gaunt old man, spare and effective as a buggy whip, strode into the mission house, he was instantly aware of all that must have transpired, and he was appalled that Abner had tried to keep his children with him.