What does whipping side mean?

whipping side

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

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noun

Of a sheep, the last side that is shorn.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

"Then when he flew down the ‘whipping side,’ set the sheep on its legs and booted it into the pen before his opponent was a-quarter way through he became popular with the audience."

whipping sides (plural)

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