E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Man of Whipcord (A).
A coachman. The reference is to his whip.
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“He would not have suffered the coachman to proceed while the horses were unfit for service… . Yet the man of whipcord escaped some severe … reproach.”—Sir W. Scott: The Antiquary, i.
