whale
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whale englanniksi
Any one of numerous large mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
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(RQ:KJV)
Any species of Cetacea.
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Something, or someone, that is very large.
1920 September, “A Reformed Free Lance” (pseudonym), “Doctoring a Sick Encyclopedia”, in ''The Writer'', Volume XXXII, Number 9, page 131:
- It was a whale of a job. (..) It took two months, and the fair blush of youth off my cheeks.
{{quote-journal|en|date=May 19 1947|author=John Chamberlain|title=Will Clayton and his Problem|journal=(magazine)|Life|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=X0gEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA120&dq=whale|page=120
(RQ:Rushdie Fury)
Something, or someone, that is excellent.
2002, Kathleen Benson, Philip M. Kayal, Museum of the City of New York, ''A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York City'', Syracuse University Press (ISBN), page 54
- My own father only wrote one poem in his life as far as I know, but it was a whale of a lyric, the kind you would give your whole life to write, which he did, but that is another story.
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In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
(quote-book)
An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.
(quote-journal)
A person who spends large amounts of money on things that are marketed to them.
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An overweight person (usually a woman)
To hunt for whales.
To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
1852, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, ''Why Mr Sellum disposed of the horse'' (chapter XIV in ''Works'', volume 22):
- Brought him back, put him in the stall—low stable—got out of his reach, and then begun to whale him. Then he kicked up agin; (..)
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(seeCites)
A (l) or cetacean.
An oceanic monster.
The meat of the whale.