At last he came to a large knot, and by that knot a stout whipcord was attached to the silk.
At the word Gerard drew the whipcord line up, and drew and drew till he came to another knot, and found a cord of some thickness take the place of the whipcord.
I then found a bit of netted whipcord tight round it; but the whipcord was so ingeniously twisted among the beds, that it was impossible to find out who had pulled it.
While shaking hands with the girl, he bowed in grave welcome to the tall figure in leather puttees and whipcord riding-breeches, and Wickersham, from the far side of the room, bowed back in equal gravity.
And Wickersham, who had not seen his fiance in a month, had started toward them, stiffly erect in his immaculate whipcord habit.
Round his head the two strangers had strung a piece of knotted whipcord which one of them was drawing tighter and tighter with the aid of a penknife twisted in the bandage.
Do you remember poor old Whalebone tumbling down—Whipcord was nearly as bad—as we were driving to church, from sheer weakness?
Thank you, Sir," said Ben: "what an excellent whipcordit is!
You can get a bit of whipcord twice as long as that for twopence; and who cares for twopence!
You can get a bit of whipcordtwice as long as that for twopence, and who cares for twopence?
Sinnet's eyes half closed as he watched the mountaineer, and the long, scraggy hands and whipcord neck seemed to interest him greatly.
The old man stopped a minute, his whipcord neck swelling, his lips twitching.
I got out of Derlingport with Henry, and when the farmer dumped us from his wagon I hitched this whipcord to Henry's leg and drove him along the road.
Look at this--" He took from his pocket a couple of feet of whipcord and handed it to Philo Gubb.
I found an alley fence that had a staple in it, and I tied one end of the whipcord to the staple and went down the alley to find a barn I could put Henry in.
It became necessary, therefore, enfeebled as I was, either to leave the guidance of the whipcord and seek out a new passage, or to climb over the obstacle, and resume the path on the other side.
After I go up and close the trap, do you creep along by the whipcord to where the nail is driven in.
Augustus now pointed out to me the method of fastening the open end of the box, and then, holding the taper close to the deck, showed me a piece of dark whipcord lying along it.
And now the panther was like a black, snake-like fury, blind with rage and unsatisfied lust, with tail lashing like a whipcord and yellow eyes that gleamed like tiny suns.
Thank you, sir,' said Ben; 'what an excellent whipcordit is!
His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck.
The sight of the safe, the saucer of milk, and the loop of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have remained.
His going to the Ferry after a piece of whipcord and a bit of pitch was fib the first; the second his not going there at all--for he has not.
Not having gone to the shop, he has neither whipcord nor pitch to show.
Well, the boat's painter's got frailed, and I want a bit o' whipcord to lap it with.
The whipcord riding habit had given place now to a tailored suit which deprived her of the boyishness that had been so apparent on their first meeting.
Again she waved a hand and stamped a foot excitedly; a vehement little thing in a snug, whipcord riding habit and a checkered cap pulled tight over closely braided hair, she awaited him with all the impatience of impetuous womanhood.
It was the opposite one to which the hurrying fugitive in whipcord had taken.
You can get a piece of whipcord twice as long as that for three cents; and who cares for three cents?
That thou should lash with whipcord now, but sword.
Forth therefore, O Fersen, fast, by the Barrier de Clichy; then Eastward along the Outer Boulevard, what horses and whipcord can do!
I say if not actually younger in days and years, you look more hardy and like whipcord than Jasper, or any of them; and there will be more of you, thirty years hence, than of all of them put together.
Whipcord was scarcely more rigid than his arms and legs, or, at need, more pliable; but the outlines of his person were rather too angular for the proportion that the eye most approves.
To the button-hole of his coat were appended several whipcord points, which he was sure to have occasion for on the road, for his horses were whipped till whipping was as necessary to them as their harness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whipcord" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
