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WHITTLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whittler mean?
• WHITTLER (noun)
The noun WHITTLER has 1 sense:
1. someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)
Familiarity information: WHITTLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("whittler" is a kind of...):
bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)
Derivation:
whittle (cut small bits or pare shavings from)
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