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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 is whistling in the wind if he thinks that his voice is going to be heard by the current GOP. ``Anybody who says anything else is just whistling in the wind. Salisbury continues, "When later Khrushchev proclaimed, 'We will bury you,' and 'Your children will live under communism,' I knew that he was only whistling in the wind. |
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