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whizzer

American  
[hwiz-er, wiz-] / ˈʰwɪz ər, ˈwɪz- /

noun

  1. something that whizzes. whiz.

  2. a centrifugal machine for drying sugar, grain, clothes, etc.


Etymology

Origin of whizzer

First recorded in 1880–85; whiz 1 + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Click went the machine, and the whizzer stopped whizzing.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

You can't run no whizzer like that on me.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

You’re fast with your guns, but you can’t run any whizzer in on me—you can’t intimidate me.

From 'Drag' Harlan by Seltzer, Charles Alden

And that time him and Demijohn sure had one whizzer of a time.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

Clay he's the best-natured fellow you ever did see, but there can't nobody run a whizzer on him, y' betcha.

From The Big-Town Round-Up by Raine, William MacLeod