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penny whistles

penny whistles is the plural of penny whistle.

Meaning of penny whistle

Noun

penny whistle (plural penny whistles)

  1. A tin whistle.
    • Good heavens! and I was going to take charge of a twopenny-halfpenny river-steamboat with a penny whistle attached!1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 202

Questions about penny whistles

What is penny whistles the plural of?
Penny whistles is the plural of penny whistle.

Words near penny whistles in the dictionary

  1. penny weddings
  2. penny weed
  3. penny whip
  4. penny whips
  5. penny whistle
  6. penny whistles
  7. penny wisdom
  8. penny wise and pound foolish
  9. penny wise, pound foolish
  10. penny-a-line
  11. penny-a-liner

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