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• n  English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
• v  cut small bits or pare shavings from
  whittle a piece of wood

• It winds up as you whittle, then takes a walk when you're done.
• The sticker shock threatens to whittle the thing down to something well short of universal coverage.
• Which is why people are so intrigued by the 100 Thing Challenge, a grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to .

• Whittle
• Frank Whittle
• Sir Frank Whittle
• pare

News & Articles

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• Pennsbury administrators pare projected deficit from $1.1M to $440,000; board to take final vote June 14
  PENNSBURY – District administrators continue to whittle down the budget deficit, paring it from $1.1-million in the proposed 2013-14 budget to $440,000 with the goal of presenting a balanced budget at the school board’s June 14 meeting.
  June 11, 2013 - Yardley News
• Britain's Fattest Cat - 30 Lbs. - Forced to Go on Diet
  Ulric is hoping to whittle himself down to 13 lbs.
  June 11, 2013 - People Magazine
• Whittle bounced in quarterfinals
  Arroyo Grande senior tennis player Eli Whittle advanced to the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals Friday, May 31, before retiring in that match due to leg cramps.
  June 7, 2013 - The Times Press Recorder

Quotes

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• George Takei in Courier Mail
  We have only 200 seats,Altman told AP radio this week. "Our contact list has, like, 3,500 names, so we have to whittle it down and I don't know if William Shatner is going to make the cut."