whigmaleery
noun
whigmaleeries
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pluralof whigmaleery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They had to do mathematics; what could he do wi' thae whigmaleeries?
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
"Do ye let whigmaleeries flimmer in yer noddle at a time like this?"
From All-Wool Morrison by Holman Day
Ah! it's a brave kirk—nane o' yere whigmaleeries and curliewurlies and opensteek hems about it—a' solid, weel-jointed mason-wark, that will stand as lang as the warld, keep hands and gunpowther aff it.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
Ah! it's a brave kirk—nane o' yere whigmaleeries an curliewurlies and opensteek hems about it—a' solid, weel-jointed mason-wark, that will stand as lang as the warld, keep hands and gunpowther aff it.
From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
By Cauk and keel to win your bread, Wi' whigmaleeries for them wha need, Whilk is a gentle trade indeed To carry the gaberlunzie on.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
