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单词 whipping side
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Definition of whipping side in English:

whipping side

noun
Australian, NZ

  • The last side of a sheep to be shorn.

    the shearer had completed the long blow and was cleaning the head on the whipping side
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I started the last side, the whipping side, each blow travelling out to the end of the last leg.
    • I knelt with one knee on the board and kept coming down the whipping side.
    • The whipping side of a sheep was the right-hand side, the last to be shorn.
    • i drove 'em on the long blow and down the whipping side.
    • My shears they will go freely when I'm on the whipping side.

Origin

Late 19th century: from whip (verb) in the sense 'move something fast or suddenly'.
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