whipcord

IPA: wˈɪpkɔrd

Examples of "whipcord" in Sentences

The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord.
He wore blue jerseys, and blue shirts which her mother called Aertex, and tweed ties and whipcord trousers.
The Enforcement detective had no Psy abilities, and unlike the butcher sitting across from her, his body was whipcord lean.
His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck.
The sight of the safe, the saucer of milk, and the loop of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have remained.
People keep telling me I'm a large, hairy, bearlike person, but deep inside I'm whipcord-thin Eurotrash in a pastel linen jacket and designer shades.
(Somehow one always watches that tiny head, and its yoke of yellow around the neck, all lifted marginally above the water's surface, and miss the whipcord of black-banded green that lashes behind.)
It is no wonder that Ritson, in the historical essay prefixed to his collection of _Scottish Songs_, should speak of some of these ballads with a zest as if he would have sacrificed half his library to untie the said "whipcord" packet.
The wealthy financier was well known in upper crust social circles, and generally thought something of a fop, but his steely gaze and his whipcord muscles flexing like steel bands beneath the dark fabric of his suit would brook no delay.