Then like a whittler, he pried away the folds of bark. From Wordnik.com. [Songs of the Humpback Whale]
In an exaggeratedly cheery voice, she said, Youve shown me what a good wittle whittler you are!. From Wordnik.com. [Kiss of a Demon King] Reference
If you are a good, natural-born whittler you will find it a greater asset than a college degree. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
If you are like me, that is possible yet not pleasing, because I'm not so good a whittler, and most of my "make a spindle" efforts were not so successful. From Wordnik.com. [Back to earth.] Reference
Why should it someone somewhere got a crown etc for their tireless efforts in setting up the various bits and pieces only to walk away and let it fall apart. ps who are BTP on June 19, 2006 at 6: 42 pm | Reply whittler. From Wordnik.com. [Things that don’t work « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Both his academic background and commercial writing experience had trained him to start from the outside in: that is, to structure the tale, research the characters and settings, and then write inward, the way a whittler carves a shape from a stick. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Haunting]
"What's your hurry, Bartlett?" asked the whittler. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
Thoreau -- made by the hands of this expert Yankee whittler. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8] Reference
The whittler and Yates got down from the bench, and joined the crowd outside. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
But Rudolph kept whittling away, and his sister soon became a good whittler, too. From Wordnik.com. [Queer Stories for Boys and Girls] Reference
Yates sat on the top rail of the fence with the whittler, whose guest he had been. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
"Nothing truer than that," returned the whittler, brushing the litter from his lap. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Hugh] Reference
He leisurely followed Macdonald out of the shop, saying in a whisper as he passed the whittler. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
"Too much of a poet, I hope, to imagine myself more than a whittler of reeds!" answered Richard. From Wordnik.com. [There & Back] Reference
And even the mere whittler usually whittles his stick to a point: that is, he is "making" something. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Poetry] Reference
Yates at the invitation of the whittler went home with him, and thoroughly relished his evening meal. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
"I guess I can stand it, if he can," said the whittler from the bench; which was considered fair repartee. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
Yates, seeing the place so full, and noticing two empty benches up at the front, asked the whittler why they were not occupied. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
Macdonald swore at it fluently, and requested it to stand still, holding the foot as firmly as if it were in his own iron vise, which was fixed to the table near the whittler. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
Besides Miller, Gamble and Ed John, Wednesday morning's group included Jess Curry, 75, a retired welding and machine shop worker, and Reed Taylor, 81, a renowned whittler who spent his working days installing metal culverts. From Wordnik.com. [columbiatribune.com stories] Reference
But if you’re looking for a miracle waist whittler, my inclination is to say you’re not likely to find it here. From Wordnik.com. [Hooping.org | Blog | Waist Whittling] Reference
The best whittler I knew was Benson J. From Wordnik.com. [Heard By a Bird in Phonecia, New York] Reference
"Measure's a better whittler," said Mama. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Son]
"That's so," said the whittler; "I had forgotten about that. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
"By the way," said the whittler, "did young Bartlett say he was coming to-night?. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
I was brought up on axes, and jack-knives, and sich sort of food, and can cut OR whittle with the best chopper, or the neatest whittler, in or out of New England. ". From Wordnik.com. [Oak Openings] Reference
His pocket-knife to the young whittler brings. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
The whittler. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
A whittler appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [Poor White] Reference
"Put that whittler away. From Wordnik.com. [Tunnel In The Sky]
How about today’s whittler?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Colorado State University board rescinds ban on licensed firearms carry ] Reference
Me? "asked the whittler, quite unconcerned. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
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