whirleyn.
= hurly n.2
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1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 72 Whirley, a hutch, hurley, or tub.
1886 E. Hodder Life Earl Shaftesbury I. x. 413 A little child,..whose duty it was, on hearing the approach of a whirley, or coal-carriage, to pull open the door.
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