1865. Morn. Star, 22 July. This rock [Hoonister Crag, Rosthwaite] and its neighbourhood is famous for what is called hereabouts *‘twirlblasts’—that is, in our southern dialect, ‘whirlwinds.’
1765. E. Thompson, Meretriciad, 27. A venal trick … practis’d now by all the *twirl-mop maids.
1764. T. Brydges, Homer Travest. (1797), II. 305. Have you not seen a sort of *twirlwind, Which country people call a whirlwind, Whip up a haycock from the ground?
