After a bit, Ralphy turned up and gave Ernie his whiffler. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Only time he might have had a go, Ralphy had pinched his whiffler. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Stayne returned the whiffler and went on round the wall to the O.P. entrance. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Ernie is a thistle whiffler and he whiffles thistles with a thistle whiffler. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
They pointed out, angrily, that the function of the whiffler was merely to go through a pantomime of making a clear space for the dance that was to follow. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
After what you have told me, I could only despise such a whiffler, -- a scrap of refuse iron at the mercy of any magnet, -- a miller dashing into every fight. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
If we remember the old use of choruses, which was to lift up and excite the fancy, we may well believe that he intended this flourishing Poet to act as a chorus, -- to be a "mighty whiffler," going before, elevating "the flat unraised spirits" of his auditory, and working on their "imaginary forces.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859] Reference
L'Estrange speaks of "a whiffling fop" and Swift says, "Every whiffler in a laced coat, who frequents the chocolate-house, shall talk of the Constitution.". From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella]
The third goal was widely considered the softest of Millan's short collegiate career, as Vermont's Josh Burrows wristed a wobbling whiffler from 25 feet out that dipped under the. From Wordnik.com. [USCHO.com News] Reference
"In the underworld slang of Victorian times, a whiffler was one who cried out in pain, while in the cosier world of PG Wodehouse, whiffled was what you were when you'd had one too many of Jeeves 'special cocktails.". From Wordnik.com. [Kos RSS Feed] Reference
“Didn’t he and Ralphy have a row about his whiffler?. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
“It couldn’t have been the whiffler,” Thompson sighed. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
“A few moments later, Ralph Stayne came out with Ernie’s whiffler. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
“The whiffler,” Carey said from the door, “is rolled up separate. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Dr. Otterly’s gaze travelled to the whiffler, which Fox still held by the ribbons. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
“a whiffling fop” and Swift says, “Every whiffler in a laced coat, who frequents the chocolate-house, shall talk of the Constitution.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
L'Estrange speaks of "a whiffling fop" and Swift says, "Every whiffler in a laced coat, who frequents the chocolate-house, shall talk of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
Which like a mighty whiffler 'fore the king. From Wordnik.com. [Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys] Reference
“Sharpening up the old whiffler, what?”. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Which, like a mighty whiffler fore the king. From Wordnik.com. [Act V. Chorus. The Life of King Henry the Fifth] Reference
Stayne comes out and gives him back the whiffler. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Who's your whiffler?. From Wordnik.com. [The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times] Reference
“I’ve lost my whiffler. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Mine’s a whiffler, mine is. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
“It wasn’t the whiffler,” Alleyn said. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Let’s have a look at that whiffler, Fox.”. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Which like a mighty whiffler ’fore the king. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of King Henry the Fifth] Reference
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