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whittle Brit dialect a knife, esp a large one Whittle Sir Frank. 1907--96, English engineer, who invented the jet engine for aircraft; flew first British jet aircraft (1941) 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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You're not going to sit around here and whittle store-boxes and tell stories all your life. She's kin to the Sawyer girls an' is goin' to live with 'em," he said, as he sat down and began to whittle. I daresay I'd be wiser not to whittle away my copy. |
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