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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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The ongoing security paranoia has whittled away any last vestiges of gloss from modern air travel, but Dalaman is a dignified attempt to make amends.
Japan had a commanding 6-1 lead after five innings but it was whittled away to just one in the eighth.
In a time of federal budget deficits, and with Superfund's core funding stream whittled away to $28 million, accelerated cleanup seems too good to be true.
 
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