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  • noun Plural form of whirlblast.

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Examples

  • 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

  • Not Carmagnoles, rude 'whirlblasts of rags,' as Mercier called them

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

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