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quirt

  [kwurt]
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–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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quirt   (kwûrt)   
n.  A riding whip with a short handle and a lash of braided rawhide.

[Probably from American Spanish cuarta, whip, ultimately from Latin quārta, fourth; see quart.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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