Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A socket attached to the dashboard of a vehicle, to receive the butt of the whip.
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Examples
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He leaped from the buggy, twisted the reins about the whip-socket, swung her out, caught up his gun, slipped in two shells, stalked toward the rigid dog, Carol pattering after him.
Main Street 2004
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He leaped from the buggy, twisted the reins about the whip-socket, swung her out, caught up his gun, slipped in two shells, stalked toward the rigid dog, Carol pattering after him.
Main Street 1920
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He leaped from the buggy, twisted the reins about the whip-socket, swung her out, caught up his gun, slipped in two shells, stalked toward the rigid dog,
Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1918
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The holder of the lantern tucked the reins between the whip-socket and the dash and climbed out of the buggy.
The Portygee Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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The cabman hitched his reins to the whip-socket and leant back.
Tommy and Co. 1893
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He twisted the reins round the whip-socket, and clambering down rang the great bell.
The Isle of Unrest Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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As he spoke the cart swung round the gate-post of the station yard, nearly throwing him out, and Sidney's right hand felt for the whip-socket.
The Slave of the Lamp Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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There was a little flag in the whip-socket before him, which flapped gayly in the breeze.
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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