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quirt /kwɜrt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kwurt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
–verb (used with object)
2. to strike with a quirt.
[Origin: 1835–45, Americanism; perh. < Sp cuerda cord]



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