I could have killed him, the old dog, only I thought it would hurt him more to whipsaw him out of his mine; but listen now, Virginia, don't you think we can be friends-because my father never robbed anybody of a cent!
"Shadow Mountain"
Dane Coolidge
Shore, that felon Yuba begins to assoome in my apprehensions the stern teachers of a whipsaw.
"Wolfville Nights"
Alfred Lewis
She was looking over her well-covered shoulder with eyes that were everywhere at once, and giving orders in a voice that was as shrill as a whipsaw and as quick as a mill-race.
"The Disturbing Charm"
Berta Ruck