whiffer

Example Sentences

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You'll have to have three full sets of chains and whiffletrees for your six-horse team, of course.

From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

A few days after the episode with Blake, Angus busy in his workshop ironing a set of whiffletrees, had a visit from Godfrey French.

From The Land of Strong Men by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)

These labels are strong enough to withstand shocks from whiffletrees and tools, and should last ten years.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

The peculiar thing about the "rig" was that while it was a tongued wagon with whiffletrees for two horses, there was only one horse.

From The Perils of Pauline by Goddard, Charles

Did you ever notice the whiffletrees of my team-trotting wagon, how they extend on each side beyond the hubs of the wheels?

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various