whittle
verb (used with object)
to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by carving off bits with a knife.
whittler
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a word derived from
whittle.
Example Sentences
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Someone wished to burden the old whittler with more motivation, and tacked on a dead wife to boot.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Or the Haida may have acquired it from an American whittler.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2011
Today Bessans' No. 1 whittler is Emile Tracq, 46, who has sold travelers some 500 devils and statuettes modeled on his wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
Father Nathaniel was a dentist, a kindly potterer and whittler who never learned how to stand up to his energetic womenfolk.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you are a good, natural-born whittler you will find it a greater asset than a college degree.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association
