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- noun Plural form of
whirlblast .
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Examples
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Sahara does when the winds waken; in whirlblasts twenty-five millions in number; waltzing towards Townhalls, Aristocrat Prisons, and Election
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Not Carmagnoles, rude 'whirlblasts of rags,' as Mercier called them
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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