nonce-wd. [Back-formation f. WHIFFLER1.] intr. To act as a whiffler.
1857. Borrow, Romany Rye, App. viii. Nobody can use his fists without being taught the use of them,… no more than any one can ‘whiffle’ without being taught by a master of the art…. The last of the whifflers hanged himself about a fortnight ago … there being no demand for whiffling since the discontinuation of Guildhall banquets;… let any one take up the old chap’s sword and try to whiffle.
