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Image:Whirligig.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Whirligig, [[kinetic art<br>library|Public library, O'Fallon, Illinois|O'Fallon, Illinois]]
Etymology
ME. whirlegigge.
Noun
en-noun
- Anything that whirls or spins around.
- A whirligig beetle.
- A device for punishing prisoners comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around.
Quotations
1600-1, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
:And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
See also
whirligig beetle
yo-yo
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