Phrase guide
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noun
A horsewhip with a long stiff shaft and a relatively short lash, used for driving a horse harnessed to a buggy or other small open carriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: horsewhip, whip
noun
An obsolete product or technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
a horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: horsewhip
History
In the twentieth century, after the advent of widespread automobile use and diminished horse use, the buggy whip became a symbol of obsoleted technologies and disrupted business models. Popularized by German-American economist and professor at Harvard Business School Theodore Levitt in 1960.
