Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An elevated platform or storehouse for keeping food.
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Examples
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Wow whata sad story-the guy gets out of his stand a little early and gets shot in the back by his buddy-choose your hunting partners wisely I guess.
Illinois Hunter Killed By Friend In Bowhunting Accident 2009
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Hillary could explain to Sarah whata marriage for political gain is like
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Yes | No | Report from ryanmiller15 wrote 17 weeks 9 hours ago whata day. nice job.
Field & Stream 2009
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Wow whata sad story-the guy gets out of his stand a little early and gets shot in the back by his buddy-choose your hunting partners wisely I guess.
Illinois Hunter Killed By Friend In Bowhunting Accident 2009
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Yes | No | Report from ryanmiller15 wrote 17 weeks 9 hours ago whata day. nice job.
Field & Stream 2009
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I'm not sure whata tea towel is, but if I was going to get one, it'd have Metal-Bikini Princess Leia on it.
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And whata metaphor to piss on communism, and evrything else wrong with the world.
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I'm not sure whata tea towel is, but if I was going to get one, it'd have Metal-Bikini Princess Leia on it.
April 2008 2008
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I am going to miss those animal cookies! snookydoodle Oct 11 whata pity they re so cute. peabody Oct 12
No more Circus Animals: Mother’s Cookies closes | Baking Bites 2008
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| Reply | Permalink whata weasel, Coleman's corp. approach of delay, deny, distract is a pathetic reminder of the Republican/conservative brand. whata coward, I would hope that everyone is paying attention to this kind of childish behavior.
Minnesota Election Court Throws Out Coleman's Mega-Trial Idea, Goes Mostly With Franken Plan 2009
bilby commented on the word whata
loada?
October 26, 2008
dontcry commented on the word whata
bull?
October 27, 2008
qms commented on the word whata
Whata apparently originates in the Maori language.
All the usage examples (with the exception of the imitation of a bird call) are instances of omission of the space between “what” and “a,” either as a typo or as an attempt to render dialect.
July 13, 2015
qms commented on the word whata
See the Maori Dictionary
July 13, 2015
qms commented on the word whata
“The bones, after being well scraped and cleaned, are then deposited in a whata, or elevated box, somewhat resembling a provision store…”
Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand: Being an Artist's Impressions of Countries and People at the Antipodes, Volume 1. p. 331.(1847)
July 13, 2015