whizzer
AmericanEtymology
Origin of whizzer
Example Sentences
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Click went the machine, and the whizzer stopped whizzing.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
Anyhow, it's going to be a whizzer, and I want to talk to you about it.
From Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
That squall I rode in on was some whizzer!
From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham
It's mighty easy to run a whizzer when you've got the only loaded gun in camp.
From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
"This car is a whizzer, I understand," smiled Mr. Hodges, from the sidewalk.
From The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise The Young Kings of the Deep by Durham, Victor G.
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