a. colloq. Trifling, ‘whiffling.’ Also Whiffmagig = WHIFFLER2 2.
1830. H. Lee, Mem. Manager, I. i. 10. Not one of your puny punsters, or … whiffle-gig word-snappers.
1871. Meredith, H. Richmond, liv. Plenty of foreign whiffmagigs are to be found, but you won’t come upon a fellow like that.
