buggy whip
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
buggy whip (plural buggy whips)
- A horsewhip with a long stiff shaft and a relatively short lash, used for driving a horse harnessed to a buggy or other small open carriage.
- went the way of the buggy whip
Usage notes[edit]
In the twentieth century, after the advent of widespread automobile use and diminished horse use, the buggy whip became a symbol of obsoleted technologies and disrupted business models.
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Coordinate terms[edit]
- See whip § Hyponyms