"Threatened to horsewhip him, she did," she told Leila. From Wordnik.com. [Captives Of The Night]
'Don't name that girl to me, sir, or I'll horsewhip you!'. From Wordnik.com. [Gladys, the Reaper] Reference
His father, stern and cruel, with a horsewhip in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Driver Boy] Reference
My antipathy to a horsewhip is an inheritance from boyhood. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
“I wish Father would come and lash you with his horsewhip.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Berrybender Narratives] Reference
"I wish I'd hit him with the horsewhip," he went on, vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
Quite ready to take a horsewhip to him and flay the skin from his body. From Wordnik.com. [The Lark And The Wren]
I daresay Edward will horsewhip me, but don't trouble yourself about it. From Wordnik.com. [The English Witch]
"If this were Gradford, I'd have my servants horsewhip you to teach you manners!". From Wordnik.com. [The Robin And The Kestrel]
Then she handed him the sheet of paper which contained the threat of the horsewhip. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
You remember what words he used, and his threat of attacking me with his horsewhip. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
But the husband, it turns out, did not come and threaten to shoot Hamilton or horsewhip him. From Wordnik.com. [America Afire] Reference
You really can't expect me to come into the schoolroom and horsewhip the young scamps for you!. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
He rose from his seat, brandished his horsewhip, and, seizing his nephew by the collar, cried. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves] Reference
She took the sheet of paper which contained the threat of the horsewhip and tore it into scraps. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
I be disappointed in seeing you there, I will do myself the pleasure of calling with a horsewhip. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz] Reference
His other children and his apprentices had all run away, to escape his horsewhip, and the brother in. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
He came to Qom to horsewhip a senior ayatollah who had criticized the Queen's immodest mode of dress. From Wordnik.com. [Who Rules Iran?] Reference
"Humph!" was all the farmer said, as he over and picked up the horsewhip Mr. Bobbsey had taken from him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat] Reference
It made him feel sick, and he wanted to horsewhip the teamster-why hadn't the fool taken the long way around?. From Wordnik.com. [Time Enough For Love]
Lucky won't even speak to me, Frederick's standing over me with a horsewhip, and Phenny can't stop sniggering. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, the Agony...] Reference
I desire you to come to me, — according to your promise, — and you will find me with a horsewhip in my hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
“Ay, rest be with him!” echoed the auditors; “it will be long ere this Lady Elizabeth horsewhip any of us.”. From Wordnik.com. [Kenilworth] Reference
"Even if he did fish a little during the time you call yours, that would be no excuse for using a horsewhip on him.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat] Reference
Keeping a tight grip on the lad's arm with one hand, the farmer raised his other hand, in which was a long horsewhip. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat] Reference
Her father supported John's claim, and threatened to horsewhip the fine gentleman if he visited the Roxby Arms again. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
‘Oh, Goodwin,’ observed Mrs. Pott, ‘does he mean to horsewhip the editor of the INDEPENDENT — does he, Goodwin?’. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
I believed you an officer and a gentleman, now it seems I must arrange to horsewhip you on the steps of your club you swine. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Killers] Reference
Very early in the game my father, the sixteenth Baron, dispelled with a horsewhip any natural affection we may have owed him. From Wordnik.com. [When the Lion Feeds]
If I were back home I'd horsewhip you, but since I'm in a foreign country I gotta show some restraint, ain't that so, Vinnie?. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
Keeping himself in check -- I could see his shoulders rise toward his neck -- Figland grasped the fishing rod like a horsewhip. From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
In my confused state, I moved out but not fast enough as he (the cold looking brother of my boss) approached me with horsewhip!. From Wordnik.com. [Before I lost her] Reference
A pistol or a horsewhip, a violent seizing by the neck, with sharp taunts and bitter-ringing words, would have made the fitting revenge. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
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