wingy
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Origin of wingy
Example Sentences
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He was one of those wingy, nippy, intrepid insects that we call, vaguely, mosquitoes.
From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
As for those wingy mysteries in divinity and airy subtleties in religion which have unhinged the brains of better heads, they have never stretched the membranes of mine.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
As for those wingy mysteries in divinity, and airy subtleties in religion, which have unhinged the brains of better heads, they never stretched the pia mater of mine.
From Confessions of a Book-Lover by Egan, Maurice Francis
As for those wingy mysteries in divinity, and airy subtleties in religion, which have unhinged the brains of better heads, they never stretched the pia mater of mine.
From Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation by Whyte, Alexander
A moment she posed thus, beyond doubt a being capable of expounding all wingy mysteries of any soul whatsoever.
From Bunker Bean by Wilson, Harry Leon
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