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whiffle
▪ I. whiffle, n. (ˈhwɪf(ə)l) [f. whiff n.1 + -le.] † 1. Something light or insignificant; a trifle.1680 H. More Apocal. Apoc. 253 Such a childish trifle or sleight whiffle. 2. An act of whiffling; a slight blast of air; a veering round.1842 in Gosse Birds Jamaica (1847) 366 At first two or three whi...
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Whiffling
Sometimes to whiffle, a bird flies briefly with its body turned upside down but with its neck and head twisted 180 degrees around in a normal position.
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Allagoptera
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whiffletree
whiffletree U.S. variant of whippletree.1842 W. P. Hawes Sporting Scenes II. 69 Our whiffle⁓tree became detached from the vehicle, and fell upon the horse's heels. 1855 Bristed in Cambr. Ess. 65 Whiffle-tree, the invariable American for splinter-bar. 1868 Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 256 A boy can ...
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The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
The children use their imaginations, intelligence, and the friendship of another denizen, the Whiffle Bird, to outwit the traps.
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Wiffle
Wiffle U.S. (ˈwɪf(ə)l) Also wiffle. [f. whiff n.1 1 d + -le.] A proprietary term used attrib. to designate a hollow perforated ball used for playing a variety of baseball, esp. as Wiffle ball (also a game played with such a ball); Wiffle bat, a bat designed for use with a Wiffle ball. Cf. whiffle-ba...
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whifflegig
ˈwhifflegig, a. colloq. Trifling, ‘whiffling’. Also ˈwhiffmagig = whiffler2 2.1830 H. Lee Mem. Manager I. i. 10 Not one of your puny punsters, or..whiffle-gig word-snappers. 1871 Meredith H. Richmond liv, Plenty of foreign whiffmagigs are to be found, but you won't come upon a fellow like that.
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Arthur Williams (actor)
After playing in dramas in the 1870s, he appeared in comic operas in the 1880s, in which he created the roles Sir Mincing Lane in Billee Taylor, Sir Whiffle In 1881, at the Olympic Theatre, he created Sir Whiffle Whaffle in another Solomon and Stephens opera, Claude Duval.
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figmentitious
† figmenˈtitious, a. Obs.—1 [f. as prec. + -itious.] Addicted to the framing of figments.1660 Fisher Rusticks Alarm Wks. (1679) 323 Whence came this Whiffle and Whimzy within the circumference of thy Figmentitious Fancy?
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Claude Duval (opera)
Ryley; Sir Whiffle Waffle by Arthur Wilkinson; and McGruder by W. H. Hamilton. All ends happily with the union of the lovers and the discomfiture of Sir Whiffle Waffle.
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whiffler
▪ I. whiffler1 Obs. exc. Hist. (ˈhwɪflə(r)) Forms: 6 viffleur, wyffler, wyff-, wiffeler, wyfler, weffler, 6–7 wiffler, whiffeler, 6–8 wifler, 7 whyfler, 7–8 whifler, 6– whiffler. [f. wifle javelin, axe + -er1; the spelling with wh is prob. due to association with whiff and whiffle v.1] One of a body...
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whiffling
▪ I. whiffling, vbl. n.1 see whiffle v.1▪ II. ˈwhiffling, vbl. n.2 [f. whiffler1 + -ing1.] The action of a whiffler in clearing the way; also attrib. or as ppl. a., used by, or acting as, a whiffler.1618 in J. Nicholl Comp. Ironm. (1866) 183 For 14 doz. of whiffling staves and 1 doz. of truncheons.....
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Eyerly Aircraft Company
Eyerly founded Eyerly Aircraft Company in 1930 to manufacture two inexpensive ways to train pilots which he devised when the Great Depression hit: the Whiffle
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