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Whinger

//ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who whinges.

    "The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers should send warships to enforce them, even if just "on exercise", is a mystery."

  2. 2
    A whinyard. Scotland, obsolete

    "“Fye on you, why do you not strike your whingers into me, or blow me up with a barrel of powder, rather than torture me thus unmercifully?”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From whinge + -er.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Old English winn (“contention, war”) + geard, gyrd (“a staff, rod, yard”).

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