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Image:Whirligig.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Whirligig, [[kinetic art<br>library|Public library, O'Fallon, Illinois|O'Fallon, Illinois]]

Etymology
ME. whirlegigge.

Noun
en-noun

1. Anything that whirls or spins around.
2. A whirligig beetle.
3. A device for punishing prisoners comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around.

Quotations
1600-1, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
:And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

See also
whirligig beetle
yo-yo

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