Associations to the word «Whiffler»

Wiktionary

WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his or her opinion or course.
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler.
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
WHIFFLER, noun. (US) (dialect) The goldeneye.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras