gully-raker

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

a long whip.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 40:

«The driver appealing occasionally to some bullock or other byname, following up his admonition by a sweeping cut of his`gully-raker,' and a report like a musket-shot.»

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