whittlings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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His whittlings are finely detailed; most are meant to be handled.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2017
Oberammergau lies in a valley of those Alps, a town of ornate chalets inhabited chiefly by woodcarvers who combine medieval craftsmanship with modern salesmanship, who ship their whittlings all over the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
"No," answered Shorty, as he rubbed the whittlings from his plug to powder in the hollow of his hand.
From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by McElroy, John
At the name of the owner of the beautiful plantation the man who had not yet spoken rose, covered with whittlings.
From Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by Cable, George Washington
A generation after Newton's death fossils were referred for their origin to a certain "plastic power" in Nature—mere idle whittlings of bone that had never known an outfit of flesh and blood.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various
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