Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mechanical toy.
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Examples
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In the centre of this dreary apartment there is a bed about the size of one of those whizgig temples in which the Genius appears in a pantomime.
The Book of Snobs 2006
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Behmen; but it may the whizgig, a very pretty toy, and philosophical withal, for few of those who used it could explain it.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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In the centre of this dreary apartment there is a bed about the size of one of those whizgig temples in which the Genius appears in a pantomime.
The Book of Snobs William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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