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
Soon every back-porch whittler and crackerjack craftsman was getting into the act.
From Time Magazine Archive
And even the mere whittler usually whittles his stick to a point: that is, he is "making" something.
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
