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Whirligig - What does it mean?

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whirligig

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top.
  • A whirligig beetle.
  • A device for punishing prisoners comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around.

    • Quotations

    * 1600–1 , , Twelfth Night *: And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

    See also

    * whirligig beetle * yo-yo

    Not English

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