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whigmaleerie whig-muh-LIR-ee noun a whim; a strange or rare object 1918Mr. 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.1920All-Wool Morrison'Do ye let whigmaleeries flimmer in yer noddle at a time like this?'1994Diamond MaskWould you like to stop at one of the shops and look over the whigmaleeries?Labels: Holman Day, John Buchan, Julian May
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