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Whirligig

noun

A conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin. Synonyms: spinning top, teetotum, top.

A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement. Synonyms: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout.

verb

Whirl or spin like a whirligig.

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"Whirligig" Quotes from Famous Books

... A jay with skyblue shaft Set in blunt wing, skimmed screaming on ahead. She followed him. A murrey squirrel eyed Her warily, cocked upon tail-plumed haunch, Then, skipping the whirligig of last-year leaves, Whisked himself out of sight and reappeared Leering about the hole of a young beech; And every time she thought to corner him He scrambled round on little scratchy hands To peek at her about the other side. She lost him, bolting branch to branch, at last— The impudent brat! ...

— Georgian Poetry 1918-19 • Various

... is!" said General Webb, proudly, gesturing over the railing of the small balcony upon which they stood. "The Whirligig!" ...

— Minor Detail • John Michael Sharkey

... not? to be sure I would!" replied Annie Hovenden, lightly laughing. "Come; explain to me quickly what is the meaning of this little whirligig, so delicately wrought that it might be a plaything for Queen Mab. See! I will put ...

— Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... great breaking up next day, and the old omnibus went off to the station with Bacon hanging on behind, the bicycle boy and his iron whirligig atop, and heads popping out of all the windows for last good-byes. Our party and the Hammonds were going by boat, and were all ready to start for the pier when Boo and little Harry were missing. Molly, the maid, and both boys ran different ways to find them; and all sorts of dreadful ...

— Jack and Jill • Louisa May Alcott

... attired in fragments of ribbons and rags stalked up to me, gravely twisting a child's paper whirligig. Behind him was his servant bending under the load of a crate of mud toys. The two were loading up two camels, and the inhabitants of the Serai watched ...

— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling

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