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
A designer fashions a new shape, a whittler carves it in wood, and then it is mechanically mass-produced.
From Time Magazine Archive
Called Carving a Statue, it stars Ralph Richardson, who is a single-minded whittler.
From Time Magazine Archive
That's so," said the whittler; "I had forgotten about that.
From In the Midst of Alarms by Robert Barr
