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Whooper

noun
1.
Rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call.  Synonyms: Grus americana, whooping crane.
2.
Common Old World swan noted for its whooping call.  Synonyms: Cygnus cygnus, whooper swan.



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"Whooper" Quotes from Famous Books



... headache, he tumbled into bed, where, for that matter, he went on tumbling and tossing during the greater part of the night. About five o'clock he fell into a sleep full of dreams, only to be awakened, at six, by the steam-whooper, or "devil," a sweet boon with which his philanthropy had helped to endow the reluctant and even ...
— The Mark Of Cain • Andrew Lang

... sound asleep as Rip Van Winkle that whoop would have aroused him. He hastened to assure the whooper that ...
— Galusha the Magnificent • Joseph C. Lincoln



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