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whistler

[hwis-ler, wis-] / ˈʰwɪs lər, ˈwɪs- /


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Rubenstein introduced Ullman to Harris as a champion whistler and suggested using him for a Commanders game.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

These days, Sundays look a bit different for the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and whistler, but they’re still a time for decompressing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2024

I heard that you're a good whistler, but that you also had to be dubbed.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2023

With five of Scotland's starting line-up one booking away from a suspension for the play-off semi-final, the home team needed a card-happy whistler like it need a firm kick in the unmentionables.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2021

But I roomed with him for about two whole months, even though he bored me till I was half crazy, just because he was such a terrific whistler, the best I ever heard.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

Intriguingly, the scientists report that the whistlers usually exchanged whistles with second-order allies with whom they were weakly bonded, rather than calling to a best buddy.

From Science Magazine Mar. 24, 2022

And what could be less risky than a familiar name — especially if you’re now able to layer on all bells and whistlers the effects era?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2016

She added, “We’re a whooping and hollering crowd in Philadelphia now,” and described baseball whistlers and shouts from the audience.

From Washington Post Apr. 2, 2015

They take turns reading the text and whistling until all the whistlers have taken a solo.

From New York Times Jun. 20, 2013

They don't hurt anybody, most of them, and maybe they're secretly all terrific whistlers or something.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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