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whippy1
the place where you hide your face when playing hide-and-go-seek: You might accuse someone of being a "whippy sticker", meaning they did not move far enough away from the whippy when looking for the hidden ones. This was because the hidden ones needed a fair chance to run back to the whippy and say "1,2,3 home" before the person who was "in" did so.
Contributor's comments: Always called the whippy in West Ryde in the 1970s.
whippy2
a long flexible aerial on a vehicle.
Contributor's comments: The massive aerials on utes used on large properties in Western NSW for radio communication. First sighted at Gunnedah New Year's B&S Ball by a Sydney City Slicker.