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twirl-
[twirl n. or v.1 in comb.]
twirlblast, -wind, a whirlwind; twirl-mop a., that twirls a mop.
1865Morn. Star 22 July, This rock [Hoonister Crag, Rosthwaite] and its neighbourhood is famous for what is called hereabouts ‘*twirlblasts’—that is, in our southern dialect, ‘whirlwinds’.
1765E. Thompson Meretriciad 27 A venal trick..practis'd now by all the *twirl-mop maids.
1764T. Bridges Homer Travest. (1797) II. 305 Have you not seen a sort of *twirlwind, Which country people call a whirlwind, Whip up a haycock from the ground? |