Here is the paralysed woman of thirty-five who has for twenty years lain in bed the whiles her sister has worked incessantly to maintain her!
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Whiles
/(h)waɪlz/
Synonyms for "whiles" (11 found)
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10 entriesa whilefor a whilein a whilelong whileshort whilewhiles away the afternoonwhiles away the daywhiles away the eveningwhiles away the hourswhiles away time
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Man, I've diverted myself whiles with the science of the stars, and can make a shape at calculating a nativity.
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the good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour
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Portia: […]Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door.
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