Meaning & use
Whittler
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A person who carves wood into a shape or figure using a knife.
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The old whittler sat on his porch, carving a small bird from a block of pine.
At the fair, a whittler demonstrated how to shape a walking stick by hand.
A note on using this word
Derives from 'whittle,' which originally meant to cut or pare wood with a knife.
Words with a similar meaning
carverwood-carver
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