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▪ I. wheedle, n. Now rare. (ˈhwiːd(ə)l) Forms: see the vb. [f. next.] 1. An act or instance of wheedling; a piece of insinuating flattery or cajolery; also gen. wheedling speech.1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she cou'd i. i, Dost thou think to pass these gross Wheadles on me too? 1681 Hickeringill Bl...
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Wheedle
The Wheedle is now back home, in Seattle. That same year Seattle acknowledged the Wheedle as an icon, honoring Wheedle as the Torchlight Parade's Grand Marshal.
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wheedle
wheedle/ˈwi:dl; ?@ ˈhwi:-; `hwidl/ v (derog 贬)(a) [I, Tn, Tn.pr]~ sth (out of sb) obtain sth by being pleasant to or flattering sb (用讨好或奉承某人的手法)获得某事物 a wheedling tone of voice 哄骗的腔调 She wheedled the money out of her father. 她哄她父亲给她些钱. He wheedled his way into the building, ie got into it by wheedlin...
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whawl
whawl whax, whay, whayle, whaynt, whayte, whazle, whe, wheadle: see waul, wax, way, whey, whole, quail, quaint, wait, wheezle, we, who, wheedle.
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Stephen Cosgrove (writer)
Writing career
In 1973, Cosgrove teamed with illustrator Robin James, and wrote his first four books which began the Serendipity Series: "Serendipity", "Wheedle
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wheay
wheay wheaze, whech(e, whecker, whed(d)er, whed(d)le: see who, whease, wheeze, which, whitch, witch, whicker, weather, whether, whither, wheedle.
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Elizabeth Currer
Fancy by Aphra Behn (1678)
Madame Tricklove in Squire Oldsapp by Thomas Durfey (1678)
Marcella in The Feign'd Curtizans by Aphra Behn (1679)
Jenny Wheedle
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wheetle
▪ I. wheetle, v. Chiefly Sc. (ˈhwiːt(ə)l) [Imitative: cf. wheeple.] intr. To whistle shrilly. Also reduplicated.1825 Jamieson, Wheetle, sharp peeping sound made by young birds. 1849 Cupples Green Hand xvi, A loud clear wheetle-wheetling note from some curious fowl. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burton...
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Precious and the Boo Hag
The tricky Boo Hag tries to wheedle her way inside, transforming into a thirsty passerby and then into a neighbor girl, but Precious is able to outwit
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sweedle
† sweedle, v. Obs. slang. (ˈswiːd(ə)l) [Blend of swindle v.2 and wheedle v.] trans. To swindle by wheedling. Hence ˈsweedling vbl. n. and ppl. a.1908 H. A. Jones Dolly reforming Herself iv. 94 I'm not going to be sweedled!—Matt. What is sweedled? Harry. Sweedling is sweedling! It's part swindling an...
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Kearney Barton
Barton also recorded local funk musicians such as the Black On White Affair, who were reissued on Light in the Attic Records' compilation, Wheedle's Groove In 2009, Light in the Attic released a newly recorded album of Seattle-area funk musicians who played under the name Wheedle's Groove; the album was entitled
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The Virtuous Wife (play)
Lubbery Widgeon, Cave Underhill as Amble, John Bowman as Crotchett, James Nokes as Lady Beardly, Elizabeth Barry as Olivia and Elizabeth Currer as Jenny Wheedle
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Serendipity (book series)
They are: Serendipity, The Dream Tree, Wheedle on the Needle, and The Muffin Muncher. Cosgrove also invented his own creatures such as the wheedle, hucklebug and kritter.
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tweedle
▪ I. tweedle, v.1 (ˈtwiːd(ə)l) [app. echoic: cf. teedle, toodle, twiddle v.2 In sense 2, app. influenced by wheedle.] 1. intr. Of a musical instrument or one who plays it: To produce a succession of shrill modulated sounds; also, to play triflingly or carelessly upon an instrument; of a bird, etc., ...
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