Meaning of Quirt | Babel Free

Definitions

A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

Equivalents

Examples

“He sprang into the saddle easily as a bird, got the quirt from the horn, and gave his pony a slash with it.”

“He paused a moment and flicked a sage-brush with his quirt.”

“[…] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]”

“He wore a revolver down low, with ammunition belt, and carried a small quirt of some kind, and pieces of leather hanging everywhere, like⟳ a walking torture chamber: shiny shoes, low-hanging jacket, cocky hat, everything but boots.”

“She raised the handle⟳ of her beautiful quirt to her eyes and scanned the Western horizon.”

“He rode his horse with the reins tied and he wore a pistol at his belt and a plain flatcrowned hat of a type⟳ no longer much seen in that country and he wore tooled boots to his knees and carried a quirt.”

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