ss-whack

Updated: July 15, 2025

"Clear the outer ring!" cried Jackson, standing up beside the ropes with a big silver watch in his hand. "Ss-whack! ss-whack! ss-whack!" went the horse-whips for a number of the spectators, either driven onwards by the pressure behind or willing to risk some physical pain on the chance of getting a better view, had crept under the ropes and formed a ragged fringe within the outer ring.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Rodney Stone