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whirler

  • a word derived from whirl.

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He worked 16-hour days, borrowed whirler cranes and other machinery from Grand Coulee, pounded between California and Washington commuter-fashion.

From Time Magazine Archive

I bet he rounded inter th' edge o' th' whirler afore he knowed it was thar!

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.

For him the name "mixed whirler" seems appropriate.

From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.

To illustrate, No. 2 of Table 2 may be characterized as a "right whirler," for he turned to the right almost uniformly.

From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.

No. 152, on the contrary, should be characterized as a "left whirler," since he almost always turned to the left.

From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.