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   whis·tle-stop

   /ˈ(h)wis(ə)lˌstäp/

   adjective

   • 1. very fast and with only brief pauses: "a whistle-stop tour of Britain"

   noun

   • 1. a small unimportant town on a railroad: North American "she raised five kids in Hornepayne, a whistle stop along the CN Line north of Lake Superior"
   • ▪ a brief pause in a tour by a politician for an electioneering speech: North American "in politics, smoky back rooms long ago gave way to the whistle-stop and the radio exhortation"

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • W

     4

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • -

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • P

     3

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