Definition of Twirlers

1. Noun. (plural of twirler) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Twirlers

1. twirler [n] - See also: twirler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twirlers

twinters
twiny
twip
twips
twire
twire-pipe
twireason
twired
twires
twiring
twirl
twirl on
twirlable
twirled
twirler
twirlers (current term)
twirlier
twirliest
twirling
twirlingly
twirlings
twirls
twirly
twirp
twirps
twiscar
twiscars
twissel
twissell
twist

Literary usage of Twirlers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"As the music quickens, so does the rate of rotation, but apparently without any consciousness on the part of the silent twirlers, whose pale, solemn faces ..."

2. Shooting Adventures, Canine Lore and Sea-fishing Trips by Lewis Clements, Wildfowler (1879)
"There are, however, mechanical twirlers, in which the motive power is a spring. These twirlers wind up like clocks, and go on until the spring is slack ..."

3. Mosca: A Factual Fiction by Richard Miller (1997)
"The penitentes walked again, to the rasping of the thunder- twirlers, and the piping of hymns rising to exultation, falling to despair. ..."

4. Campaigning in South Africa: Reminiscences of an Officer in 1879 by William Edward Montague (1880)
"I remember reading a letter from a correspondent in the Transvaal belonging to a society called, so he said, " Ye Pretoria twirlers " (a very appropriate ..."

5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"... nnd again we reach the conclusion that either the carrying of umbrellas and canes must be prohibited, or the twirlers of them and the active opponents ..."

6. A History of California: The American Period by Robert Glass Cleland (1922)
"... stoughton bitters, silver twirlers and champagne baskets went pell mell into confusion and down aboard the boat, mixed in with legislators, ..."

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