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whipsawed

[ hwip-sawd, wip- ]

adjective

, Stock Exchange.
  1. subjected to a double loss, as when an investor has bought a stock at a high price soon before it declines and then, in order to make good the loss, sells it short before it advances.


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Example Sentences

Darkness had fallen “from the wings of night” when Marion slipped alone out of the whipsawed cabin.

She had climbed the hill at the back of the ancient whipsawed cabin which was occupied by Mrs. McAlpin and her friends.

From out the clump of mountain ivy that skirted the hill above the whipsawed cabin there had darted a shadow.

The cheery lamplight that suddenly burst forth through the small square window of the whipsawed cabin below reassured her.

Under her efficient care Hallie had become the cheery joy of the whipsawed house.

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