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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An arrow whose head was so formed that the air rushing through it in its flight produced a whistling sound: a toy in use in the sixteenth century.
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bilby commented on the word whistling-arrow
The kettle's boiling or you're about to get an arrow through the head would have made for interesting tea making in those times.
July 22, 2022