What is to utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse called?
whine — To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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