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twirler

[twur-ler]

noun

  1. a person or thing that twirls.

  2. Baseball.,  a pitcher.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of twirler1

First recorded in 1800–10; twirl + -er 1
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Example Sentences

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Unable to get credit as a minor, he got a job as a sign twirler, standing at Renaldi Street and Reseda Boulevard, spinning the giant arrow for condos in Porter Ranch.

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In case we still don't pick up all that subtext, one mustache twirler holding a gun on Stanton hisses, "I could fire this on Wall Street in broad daylight, and nothing would happen to me."

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After two seasons in Virginia State’s Trojan Explosion, he finally got a chance to join the auxiliary line and was the only male twirler in the Battle of the Bands.

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I was excited to hear more but was interrupted — there was a show out back, fire twirlers.

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The baton twirlers, the stilt walkers, the marching bands, the spectators carrying toddlers wearing turkey-shaped hats at a parade back to its old self were undeniably happy.

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