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whittle
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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)


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A seven-member search committee composed of community leaders is interviewing candidates and will whittle down the list to three to five people ``in the near future,'' Canter said.
He has dedicated his entire career, spanning more than five decades, to a 'project to debunk, to whittle down, and to discredit the Arabs and Islam.
Zwierschke says the company's primary focus is not so much to whittle down the landfill's piles of old trash, but to feed off the new waste stream.
 
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