Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plaything; a toy; a freak or whim; an odd device.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.
- noun A whim, or whimsey; a freak.
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- noun Alternative form of
whim-wham .
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Examples
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It was obvious to me that Adele's problem was either (i) temporary or permanent amnesia or (2) whimwham.
Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999
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So much for the commencement of this long whimwham.
Wakefield 1837
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As they were going down again thus amazed, he asked them, Will you have a whimwham (Aubeliere.)?
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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May 30, 2007