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• Whale of a

  whale away

• Whale of a time

  A very enjoyable experience, as in We had a whale of a time in Puerto Rico. This idiom alludes to the largest mammal to describe something very large and impressive. [ ; early 1900s ]

• Whale-oil

  noun 1. oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles. noun 1. oil obtained either from the blubber of whales (train oil) or the head of the sperm whale (sperm oil)

• Whale on

  whale 2 whale into

• Whaler

  noun 1. a person or vessel employed in whaling. noun 1. Also called (US) whaleman. a person employed in whaling 2. a vessel engaged in whaling See factory ship, whale catcher 3. another word for whaleboat 4. (Austral) a nomad surviving in the bush without working 5. (Austral) short for whaler shark

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