whirly
Americannoun
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Origin of whirly
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By the 1970s, even the Queen was wearing looser-fitting evening gowns with drapey arms and "swirly whirly" patterns.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
The whirly appendages belong to helicopters tracking the monster smudge over Iron City, a small industrial town and home of the College-on-the-Hill.
From Time Magazine Archive
Personal whirly copters dart among glinting steel towers, everything looks like the Seattle Space Needle, and nothing is crummy or made out of wood.
From Time Magazine Archive
“And after that house went whirly off into the sky, dipped down agin and tuck Miss Winnie’s house—and her in it!”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
“Early one mor-r-ning,” I sing, loud and clear, making the whirly shapes of the world go spangly and weird, but I keep on singing.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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