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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 buggy
Familiarity information: BUGGY WHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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since buggies have been replaced by cars the buggy whip has become a symbol for anything that is hopelessly outmoded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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