Word of the Day: WHIZZER

ETYMOLOGY
from whizz (to move swiftly or with such a sound) + -er

EXAMPLE
“…The washerwoman finds her occupation almost gone through the introduction of machinery. The larger part of the city of Troy is devoted to the manufacture of engines, whizzers, starchers, and other machines of the steam laundry. The most interesting machine is the whizzer, which dries clothes in 1,000 revolutions a minute…”

From: The Pall Mall Budget, July 1887
Volume 35