whipstick

plural whipsticks

1. A whipstock; the handle of a whip.

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   So Priestley, with a sinister glitter in his patient eyes, had reversed his whipstick, pliant end downward, and bent along the ground. He knew the nature of seasoned pine. A sharp jerk, and the whipstick would snap, supplying a nilla-nilla which would make him an over-match for a dozen Folkestones in rotation.

   1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life, Chapter 6

1. A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia