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whittle away

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I've time enough to whittle away at this before mother comes back.

Then you would whittle away all the stock till only the lock mechanism remained; and this was practically what the Derringer was.

"Oh, this will do," answered the school-master, picking up a pine stick and beginning to whittle away vigorously.

A yankee shewn into a room to await the arrival of another, has been known to whittle away nearly the whole of the mantle-piece.

Lawyers in court whittle away at the table before them; and judges will cut through their own bench.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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