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Webster 1913 Edition


Whinger

Whing′er

,
Noun.
[See
Whinyard
.]
A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
The chief acknowledged that he had corrected her with his
whinger
.
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024


whinger

whinger

English

Noun

whinger (plural whingers)

  1. One who whinges.
    • 2013, Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)
      The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers should send warships to enforce them, even if just "on exercise", is a mystery.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:complainer