A boundary is the extremity or whipper-in of any party. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841] Reference
“Here come the ladies,” said the second whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [Modeste Mignon] Reference
Crabshaw, and he acted in the capacity of whipper-in to Sir. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves] Reference
“With Mr Daubeny as whipper-in, perhaps he might,” said Lady Laura. From Wordnik.com. [Phineas Finn] Reference
The analogy is exact: it is moderately rare for the whipper-in to whip a hound. From Wordnik.com. [The Spectator's Notes] Reference
They are their own fanfare, their own roll on the kettle-drums, their own whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [Another Voice] Reference
"Is it I pull you out of the grave, indeed!" continued the whipper-in, for such he was. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828] Reference
My father walked carelessly away, unclosed the garden gate, and left the dark stranger with his former whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850] Reference
‘I had different duties; at first I found myself a page; I have been a postilion, a gardener, and a whipper-in.’. From Wordnik.com. [A Sportsman's Sketches] Reference
It was the best Devil I ever saw, and riding thus like a whipper-in after the parsons, had a strange and ridiculous appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 292] Reference
The “whipper-in” whips the dogs to keep them chasing the fox as a pack, and likewise the whip keeps the party members voting together. From Wordnik.com. [Whip It Good - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Still a huntsman and a whipper-in were to be chosen. From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Bracebridge School Days] Reference
The Squire was also obliged to qualify his whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2] Reference
"All ready?" asked the whipper-in, taking out his watch. From Wordnik.com. [Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton] Reference
As Frank Harrington had a trumpet he was made whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover Boys at School] Reference
Willis and his views, and was the whipper-in of the Tory party. From Wordnik.com. [Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire] Reference
And away he went -- caught the old whipper-in, dismounted him in. From Wordnik.com. [Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities] Reference
But you weren't a child, I suppose, when you were a whipper-in? '. From Wordnik.com. [A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I] Reference
"Half a minute!" sings out the whipper-in, as we spring to our feet. From Wordnik.com. [Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life] Reference
"With Mr. Daubeny as whipper-in, perhaps he might," said Lady Laura. From Wordnik.com. [Phineas Finn The Irish Member] Reference
He got left behind because the Count's whipper-in hit him with his whip. From Wordnik.com. [Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series] Reference
For the huntsman and whipper-in there are sleeping-rooms, and a neat parlour or kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog] Reference
But with the captain and whipper-in inside, they might as well try and hang on a lion's tail. From Wordnik.com. [Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton] Reference
"Here, Tom," calling to the whipper-in, "jump on to the Hastings coach" (which just came up). From Wordnik.com. [Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities] Reference
"Well, I only hope they'll cool down before they go too far, that's all," said the whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton] Reference
That drunken whipper-in to Lord Dashingham in the seventeen-seventies particularly delights me. From Wordnik.com. [A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions] Reference
The Leviathan kept ahead, and led as well as she could, while we did the duty of huntsman, or of whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Hurry] Reference
He's in the Sixth, and has been acting as whipper-in till we got a proper chap. He'll be here in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton] Reference
Milka was always first, but every now and then she would halt with a shake of her head to await the whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [Childhood] Reference
The whipper-in was whispering to Audley; and the minister pushed back his hat from his brows, and glanced round the. From Wordnik.com. [My Novel — Complete] Reference
So said Forwood, the "whipper-in" of the Parkhurst Hare and Hounds Club, to me, one March morning in the year 18. From Wordnik.com. [Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life] Reference
"And I'll try to be one of the fleetest hounds," said Dawson, "since I'm neither hare, nor huntsman, nor whipper-in.". From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Bracebridge School Days] Reference
"You are right, my Lord," said Sir --, the whipper-in of the -- party, taking the Earl aside; "he would be an inestimable pamphleteer.". From Wordnik.com. [Eugene Aram — Complete] Reference
Down the cross-road approached the hounds themselves, headed by their whipper-in and surrounding the picturesque figure of the huntsman. From Wordnik.com. [Pixie O'Shaughnessy] Reference
The huntsman, besides his horn, was furnished with a white flag, fastened to a staff shod with iron; while the whipper-in had a red flag. From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Bracebridge School Days] Reference
The huntsman, and whipper-in, and hounds were left on the ledge of rock, looking out for a way by which to reach the bottom of the cliff. From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Bracebridge School Days] Reference
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