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whigmaleerie
whig-muh-LIR-ee
noun
a whim; a strange or rare object
1918John BuchanMr. StandfastI don't say that there's not plenty of riff-raff—the pint-and-a-dram gentry and the soft-heads that are aye reading bits of newspapers, and muddlin' their wits with foreign whigmaleeries.1920Holman DayAll-Wool Morrison'Do ye let whigmaleeries flimmer in yer noddle at a time like this?'1994Julian MayDiamond MaskWould you like to stop at one of the shops and look over the whigmaleeries?

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