whipper-in

whipper-in englannista suomeksi

1. koiranhoitaja

0. Substantiivi

whipper-in englanniksi

1. A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the chase.

2. (RQ:Trollope Framley Parsonage) I shall take to hunting a pack of hounds myself after this.”“Do, my dear, and I'll be your whipper-in. I wonder whether Mrs. Proudie would join us.”

3. (RQ:MacDonald Vicar's Daughter)

4. (RQ:Hardy Life's Little Ironies) saw the hunting man pass, and presently saw lots more of ’em, noblemen and gentry, and then he saw the hounds, the huntsman, Jim Treadhedge, the whipper-in, and I don’t know who besides.

5. One who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.

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