Associations to the word «Whiffler»
Adverb
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Wiktionary
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his or her opinion or course.
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler.
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
WHIFFLER, noun. (US) (dialect) The goldeneye.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.