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  • noun Plural form of whistler.

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Examples

  • I’m not putting money on either of my kids being particularly proficient artists, basketball players, tin whistlers or even great Irish speakers but I’m very glad they are spending their time in this way and I’m sure they benefit in their overall development because of this variety.

    A is for Age (of onset) « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • Thanks Joe, allready spun up some cockroaches, and the whistlers are almost ready Mono or Floro for leaders?

    I'm going to the pan handle of Florida and I plan to fish for Tarpon with Flys and conventional gear. 2009

  • Thanks Joe, allready spun up some cockroaches, and the whistlers are almost ready Mono or Floro for leaders?

    I'm going to the pan handle of Florida and I plan to fish for Tarpon with Flys and conventional gear. 2009

  • The swans, known as whistlers, visit the refuge as they travel from the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta to Canadian and Alaskan nesting grounds.

    KSL / U.S. / National 2009

  • We camped there that night, and returned to the port next day with a heavy load of black duck, some "whistlers," and a few brace of pigeons.

    The Call Of The South 1908 Louis Becke 1884

  • Through a specially developed tweeter beam the high tone sound wave is projected to the ceiling inside the black cube where it reflects as sound figures and low red electromagnetic waves (as "whistlers" and "cracklers"), sferics and red luminous flashes.

    we make money not art 2010

  • Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent 'whistlers' produced by fleeting electrons.

    bavatuesdays 2008

  • -- the call of the "whistlers" down in the meadow by the sea-wall -- "love! love! love!"

    Vesty of the Basins Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895

  • End Mar-Oct; £6 per adult per night, £2 per child 3-10 per night; 01974 272444Taking its name from the host of ducks that live there – fans of aylesburies, carolinas, mandarins, pintails and whistlers, roll right up – this tiny independent hostel half a mile up a forest track on the edge of the Cairngorms possesses one of the most entrancing campsites you could wish for.

    The 10 best secluded campsites 2011

  • You may see some pintails, you may see some whistlers

    Contest: Translate Duck Speak, Win Decoys (and More!) 2009

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