I don't want to be an alarmist, admitted young Daunt, but all sorts of whip-whap stuff seem to be in the air all of a sudden.
"All-Wool Morrison"
Holman Day
Well, I was preparing myself to try strength with him, when back he comes, with the kitchen cleaver in his hand, and without saying a word he gives two bangs to the handle of the reaping-hook that was holding me up, and whap it came in two.
"The Irish Fairy Book"
Various