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/wˈɪslər/ /hwˈɪslər/ Listen

noun

Whistler n.

One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.

(Zool.)

(a)

The ring ousel.

(b)

The widgeon. (Prov. Eng.)

(c)

The golden-eye.

(d)

The golden plover and the gray plover.

(Zool.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus).

(Zool.) The whistlefish.

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Etymology of 'Whistler'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Whistler" Quotes from Famous Books

... thinks you might manage to get aft now. I will send Bill and Dick Whistler with you, to help you ...

— A Final Reckoning - A Tale of Bush Life in Australia • G. A. Henty

... that little smoking-room to the right as you enter the Caffe Quadri," he began; "the one off the piazza? Well, a lot of us fellows used to dine there—Whistler, Rico, Old Ziem, Roscoff, Fildes, Blaas, and the rest ...

— The Underdog • F. Hopkinson Smith

... in the evenings grey and copper in all the little hollows. Oh, 'tis beautiful! and I can show her where the plovers lay their eggs, and I will take her to listen for the curlew's note coming out of the mist like a spirit whistler, and I can take her down to the rocks by Ogo Wylofen, too, where the seals are making their home. But, indeed, Will knows it all as well as I do, and he will like to show them all to ...

— Garthowen - A Story of a Welsh Homestead • Allen Raine

... Sonata.' This message was accompanied by a curious little device like the letter C with a line drawn through it, and I said to myself: 'If this should prove to be a mark which "Ernest" used in signing his manuscript, something like Whistler's butterfly, I shall have a ...

— The Shadow World • Hamlin Garland

... still, The screech-owl and the whistler shrill Call upon our dame aloud, And bid her quickly don her shroud! Much you had of land and rent; Your length in clay 's now competent: A long war disturb'd your mind; Here your perfect peace is sign'd. ...

— The Duchess of Malfi • John Webster

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