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
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
Called Carving a Statue, it stars Ralph Richardson, who is a single-minded whittler.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Too much of a poet, I hope, to imagine myself more than a whittler of reeds!" answered Richard.
From There & Back by George MacDonald
