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  • 91Whistle Stop Inn — The Whistle Stop Inn is a two story building in Chicago, Illinois that held a variety of businesses, and now houses the Irving Park Historical Society. Built in 1889, it represents a type of intimate neighborhood store front that was common, but… …

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  • 92Whistle Test — The Old Grey Whistle Test (в сокращенном названии Whistle Test или OGWT) была культурно значимой музыкальной программой, выходившей на Би Би Си 2 с 1971 по 1978 годы. Заняв место вечерней программы Disco Two , она стала своеобразным ответом… …

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  • 93whistle-stop campaign — n a political campaign in which a politician makes short stops at many different towns. The expression was first used in the US, where small American towns were called ‘whistle stops’ because trains only stopped at them if a whistle signal was… …

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  • 94whistle-stop — 1. noun A small train station. 2. adjective Extremely brief and hurried. Weve only got 30 minutes at the stadium, so Ill give you a whistle stop tour. See Also: whistle stop cafe, whistle stop train tour …

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  • 95whistle-blowing — also whistleblowing N UNCOUNT: oft N n Whistle blowing is the act of telling the authorities or the public that the organization you are working for is doing something immoral or illegal. It took internal whistle blowing and investigative… …

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  • 96whistle — whis·tle || hwɪsl / w n. shrill sound produced by forcing air through a small opening (as between the lips or teeth); device which produces a whistle by forcing air or steam through an opening (i.e. tea kettle, train whistle); act of whistling… …

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  • 97whistle-blower — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms whistle blower : singular whistle blower plural whistle blowers someone who reports dishonest or illegal activities within an organization to someone in authority …

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  • 98whistle-stop tour — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms whistle stop tour : singular whistle stop tour plural whistle stop tours an occasion when you visit a lot of places in a short period of time …

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  • 99whistle — [ˈwɪs(ə)l] noun [C] I 1) a small metal or plastic object that you put in your mouth and blow in order to make a high sound 2) a sound that you make by blowing through a whistle or by forcing air through your lips II verb whistle [ˈwɪs(ə)l] 1)… …

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  • 100whistle —   Hōkio, hōkiokio (with lips); pio (with fingers), hōkio pūeoeo (with hands); hū (as wind or top); oeoe (as steamer or train siren); ūlili (as of bamboo or police).     Gourd whistle, hōkiokio.     To play the hōkiokio, mūkī.     Ti leaf whistle …

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