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BUGGY WHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buggy whip mean? 

BUGGY WHIP (noun)
  The noun BUGGY WHIP has 1 sense:

1. a horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggyplay

  Familiarity information: BUGGY WHIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUGGY WHIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

since buggies have been replaced by cars the buggy whip has become a symbol for anything that is hopelessly outmoded

Hypernyms ("buggy whip" is a kind of...):

horsewhip (a whip for controlling horses)


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