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whinner, v. local.|ˈhwɪnə(r)| [Frequentative of whine v.: see -er5.] intr. To whine (feebly). Hence ˈwhinnering vbl. n. and ppl. a.; ˈwhinner n., a feeble whine.
c1700Kennett MS. Lansd. 1033. 1840Mrs. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 124 Lying on the floor insensible, or occasionally sitting up..executing a sort of whinner. 1854Thoreau Walden xii. (1886) 227, I formerly saw the racoon in the woods,..and..heard their whinnering at night. 1866Carlyle Remin. (1881) II. 212 Poor whinnering old moneyed women. 1888Lippincott's Mag. Apr. 453 A fitful, whinnering gust. |