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whistle 1. a device for making a shrill high-pitched sound by means of air or steam under pressure 2. Music any pipe that is blown down its end and produces sounds on the principle of a flue pipe, usually having as a mouthpiece a fipple cut in the side How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He eventually filed suit claiming he was retaliated against for blowing the whistle on the fraud. As the British journalist and feature writer Graham Turner put it at that first gathering: 'If we are blowing the whistle on others, let us make sure our own whistles are clean. Felt's motives in blowing the whistle on Watergate were, in all likelihood, a mixture of genuine moral outrage and personal opportunism. |
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