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  • Janice, my oldest sister, had an allergy that made one nostril sing like a bird at night, so we called her Whistling Nose.

    The Joy Luck Club Tan, Amy 1989

  • If tastes shift back toward simplicity, the next generation might label Whistling Straits a labyrinthine monstrosity.

    unknown title 2009

  • Dad’s neighborhood is called Whistling Firs, which I haven’t said yet, because it’s one of those things that make you feel ashamed even though they’re not your fault.

    The Queen of Everything Deb Caletti 1999

  • It is very common on most of the Australian creeks and streams, and is called the Whistling Duck.

    Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832

  • That 50 turbine project is called Whistling Ridge.

    KUOW 94.9 Puget Sound Public Radio 2010

  • • In the end, after a wild day of terrific theater and swaying emotions on the rugged stretch of landscape known as Whistling Straits, many of the principal figures in the 92nd PGA Championship did not come out looking good.

    STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2010

  • Tom Lehman, 51, called Whistling Straits "quite a feat of construction" and said the course is

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • "One of the things that's really wonderful about 'Whistling' is if you grew up in the '50s it will certainly bring back a lot of memories, and if you didn't grow up during the' 50s, I hope it will paint for you a picture of how it was back then," Kagen, 60, said Tuesday in a phone interview from her hometown of Cedarburg, where the fiction book's 10-year-old narrator lives.

    The Appleton Post-Crescent Latest Headlines 2010

  • [This favourite song, copied from a chap-book called The Whistling

    Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England Unknown 1833

  • It is true that the player has survived scandals in the past, notably back in 2009 over his relationship with Beebo Tweet – who had placed third in TV talent show Balkans Fame Pimp, behind a teenager who ate her own face and Tibor the Whistling Chihuahua.

    Mega-injunctions: a safe haven for football's super-probosces | Harry Pearson 2011

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